| Popis: |
The risk of a blowout is one of the major contributors to the total risk picture on oil and gas installations. The consequences can be significant with respect to loss of lives, material assets and damages to the environment. Even though much effort is put in to describe how blowouts occur, and how to prevent it to happen, the risk of blowouts will remain a threat to this industry. Historical data show that the variation in the frequency of a blowout strongly dependents on several risk elements identified in the well, on the platform, in the procedures and in the organization. In order to prohibit blowouts it is of importance to evaluate well conditions, but also the system and the equipment on the platform and in the organization. A brief comparison has been made between the approach of BlowFAM (Blowout Frequency Assessment Model1) and a more traditional approach based on kick frequency and BOP reliability. |
