Offshore risk assessment : principles, modelling and applications of QRA studies.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-474) and index

Introduction -- Risk picture -- Risk presentation and acceptance criteria -- Methodology for quantified risk assessment -- Analysis techniques -- Fatality risk assessment -- Approach to risk based design -- Fire risk modelling -- Explosion risk modelling -- Collision risk modelling -- Risk due to miscellaneous hazards -- Risk mitigation and control -- Risk control during operation -- New approach to the characterisation of risk -- Applicability of risk assessment to shipping

"Offshore risk assessment" is the first book to deal with Quantified Risk Assessment (QRA) as applied specifically to offshore installations and operations. Risk assessment techniques have been used for some years in the offshore oil and gas industry, and their use is set to increase as the industry moves into new areas and faces new challenges in existing. Starts with a thorough discussion of risk analysis methodology. Subsequent chapters are devoted to analytical approaches to escalation, escape, evacuation and rescue analysis of safety and emergency systems. Separate chapters analyse the main hazards of offshore structures: fire, explosion, collision and falling objects. Risk mitigation and control are then discussed, followed by an outline of an alternative approach to risk modelling that focuses especially on the risk of short-duration activities. Not only does the book describe the state of the art of QRA, it also identifies weaknesses and areas that need development