Building Safety indicators: Part 2 - Application, practices and results

Petroleum exploration and production in the Barents Sea is a controversial topic. The Goliat field outside the northern coast of Norway will be the first offshore oil development in this region, with planned production start in 2013-2014. Avoiding major accidents at Goliat is critical; not only to reduce the risks to human lives and the environment, but also to gain political acceptance. Providing early warnings of major accidents for Goliat is one of the main objectives of the research project 'Building Safety'. The objective of this paper is to describe the development of early warnings in the form of indicators. In addition, the paper includes an overview of current status of early warnings of accidents in other major hazard industries; the nuclear power industry, the chemical process industry, and aviation. Experiences from these industries, including lessons learned from recent major accidents, have been used as important input to the development of early warning indicators.

• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VF9-509Y465-2/2/1d62546e6a83ddc7b73316a8cfdc79d7
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Oien, K
  • Utne, I B
  • Tinmannsvik, R K
  • Massaiu, S
• Publication Date: 2011-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Bibliography; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 162-171
• Serial:
  • Safety Science
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0925-7535
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09257535

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Aviation; Business practices; Chemical industry; Environmental protection; Hazards and emergency operations; Nuclear power plants; Offshore oil industry; Petroleum industry; Political factors; Population; Risk management; Safety; Warning systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident avoidance; Condition indicators; Early warning technologies; Results; Risk reduction
• Geographic Terms: Barents Sea; Norway
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01323862
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 28 2010 1:30PM