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Safety and Reliability in the Oil and Gas Industry

A Practical Approach

By (author) B.S. Dhillon
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, Portland, United States
Imprint: Productivity Press
Published: 19th Apr 2016
Dimensions: w 150mm h 236mm d 19mm
Weight: 466g
ISBN-10: 149874656X
ISBN-13: 9781498746564
Barcode No: 9781498746564
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Synopsis
An Insightful Guide to Avoiding Offshore Oil- and Gas-Industry Disaster Designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining offshore oil and gas industry equipment and systems can sometimes result in accidents, injuries, and other serious problems. Safety and Reliability in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Practical Approach focuses on oil and gas industry equipment reliability, offers useful and up-to-date information on the subject, and covers in a single volume the most common safety and reliability engineering issues in the oil and gas industry. The book introduces the latest developments in the area, and provides relevant methods and approaches. It also presents important aspects of various case studies on major accidents in the oil and gas industry, and considers human factors that contribute to accidents and fatalities in the area of oil and gas. Additionally, this book describes: Mathematical concepts Oil and gas industry equipment reliability characteristics Accident data and analysis Mathematical models used for performing safety and reliability-related analyses in the industry Safety and Reliability in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Practical Approach covers important aspects of safety in the offshore oil and gas industry. A reference designed with engineering professionals in mind, this book can also be used in oil- and gas-industry-related courses, and serves as a guide for anyone concerned with safety and reliability in the area of oil and gas.

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"... one of a kind book... The author took meticulous care in translating the most complex and difficult concepts in safety and reliability engineering and provided a simple, easy to use step-by-step approach."
-Dr. Subramanyam Naidu Rayapati, Agile CloudTech, LLC, Austin, Texas, USA

"This book leaves no stone unturned as a reference to the safety engineer/professional working in the field. Many of the sites are referenced, which makes it easy for those who desire more information to find it."
-Paul E. West, Safety Manager/College Professor, Navarro College, Corsicana, Texas, USA

"Assists in developing and designing better engineering systems in the oil and gas industry ... Provides case studies of oil tanker spill-related accidents and oil tanker spill analysis ... well organized and presented."
-Dr. Kouorush Jenab, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

"The book covers important issues related to reliability and safety analysis in oil and gas industry. There are many examples, illustrations...and interesting case studies."
-Janusz Sosnowski, Institute of Computer Science, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland