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Offshore Blowouts: Causes and Control: Causes and Control

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Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Contentsv
  • Prefaceviii
  • Acknowledgmentix
  • List of Abbreviationsxi
  • Chapter One. Introduction1
  • Why Risk Analysis?1
  • Risk Analysis Regulations2
  • Importance of High Quality Risk Analysis3
  • Chapter Two. Fatal Accident Rates and Blowouts6
  • Introduction6
  • Personnel Risk Indices8
  • Fatalities in Offshore Activities9
  • Exposure Data11
  • Experienced Fatal Accident Rates12
  • Comparison with Other Industries15
  • Chapter Three. Blowout Barriers and Analyses17
  • Barriers in Well Operations17
  • Well Barrier Analysis20
  • Accident Investigation Models for Blowouts28
  • Chapter Four. SINTEF Offshore Blowout Database33
  • Introduction33
  • Database Structure34
  • Quality of Blowout Data42
  • Other Blowout Databases44
  • Chapter Five. Overview of Blowout Data46
  • When and Where do Blowouts Occur?46
  • Trends in Blowout Occurrences48
  • Blowout Causes and Characteristics50
  • Chapter Six. Drilling Blowouts58
  • Shallow Gas Blowouts59
  • Shallow Gas Blowout Experience61
  • Deep Drilling Blowouts78
  • Deep Drilling Blowout Experience80
  • Chapter Seven. Completion Blowouts101
  • Trends in Completion Blowout Frequency102
  • Completion Blowout Causes103
  • Completion Blowout Characteristics105
  • Chapter Eight. Workover Blowouts107
  • Workover Blowout Experience108
  • Chapter Nine. Production Blowouts121
  • Blowouts with External Causes122
  • Production Blowout Causes123
  • Production Blowout Characteristics125
  • Chapter Ten. Wireline Blowouts127
  • Wireline Blowout Causes127
  • Wireline Blowout Characteristics129
  • Chapter Eleven. US GoM OCS vs. North Sea Blowout Frequencies131
  • Introduction131
  • Blowout Frequency Calculations132
  • Drilling Blowouts133
  • Workover Blowouts134
  • Production Blowouts137
  • Wireline Blowouts138
  • Completion Blowouts139
  • Blowout Frequencies for Risk Analyses141
  • Glossary143
  • References154
  • Index160
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780884155140
  • ISBN-13 9780080524078

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This book, based on the SINTEF Offshore Blowout Database, thoroughly examines U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Norwegian and UK North Sea blowouts that occurred from 1980 to 1994. This book reveals the operations that were in progress at the onset of the blowouts and helps you learn from the mistakes of others.