Process Safety in Upstream Oil and Gas [Hardcover]

The book makes the case for process safety and provides a brief overviews of the upstream industry and of CCPS Risk Based Process Safety.? The majority of the book focuses on the concepts of implementing process safety in wells, onshore, offshore, and projects.

Topics include Overview of Upstream Operations; Overview of Risk Based Process Safety (RBPS); Application of RBPS in Drilling, Completions, Work-Overs & Interventions, Application of RBPS in Onshore Production, Application of RBPS in Offshore Production, Application of RBPS to Engineering Design, Installation, and Construction, Future Developments in the Field

List of Tables vii

List of Figures ix

Acronyms and Abbreviations xi

Glossary xv

Acknowledgments xxv

Online Materials Accompanying this Book xxvii

1 An Introduction to Process Safety for Upstream 1

1.1 Background 1

1.2 Applicability of Process Safety to Upstream 2

1.3 Intended Audience 3

1.4 Why the Reader Should be Interested 4

1.5 Scope of This Book 7

1.6 Upstream Safety Performance 7

1.7 Summary 10

2 The Upstream Industry 13

2.1 Upstream Industry 13

2.2 Exploration Phase 21

2.3 Engineering Design, Construction and Installation 23

2.4 Production Phase 25

2.5 Well Workovers and Interventions 28

2.6 Decommissioning Phase 28

2.7 Defining Barriers 29

2.8 Overview of International Regulations 33

3 Overview of Risk Based Process Safety (RBPS) 37

3.1 Background 37

3.2 RBPS Summary 37

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