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Shamsutdinova, I. I., N. V. Vadulina, A. O. Salimov, A. I. Ponomoraev, and J. F. Ismatov. "Ensuring safety in gas mine development." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 839, no. 4 (September 1, 2021): 042047. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/839/4/042047.
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Abstract In the Russian Federation, the main gas reserves are located in Siberia, and they are also present in the North Caucasus and the Black Sea basin. The largest gas fields in Russia are in harsh climatic conditions and drilling remains the main method of their development. Prior to its use, a preliminary study of rocks is required. Safety rules in the oil and gas industry are always relevant, taking into account, as a rule, harsh natural and climatic conditions in promising gas production regions. The forecasts for the growth of Russia’s gas industry varied greatly depending on the overall future prospects for the development of the country’s economic situation. This would entail examining the risks posed by the combined effects of natural and man-made factors on the environment and human health in areas affected by the gas industry. The most effective and widespread method of gas production, but at the same time the most traumatic of the articles is drilling. The article presents the main reasons for the injury of workers during drilling operations: technical, sanitary, organizational and psychological. Based on the causes of injuries in the performance of brown work, the authors developed and presented in the article a number of measures aimed at the pre-rotation or reduction of the impact of dangerous and harmful factors on workers when drilling gas wells. Gas mixtures of explosions and fire hazards, as well as when inhaled, can lead to poisoning of workers or an emergency. The development of a list of measures to protect against peacetime emergencies for gas facilities is presented in the second part of the work in the form of organizational and engineering measures. The list of measures for protection in peacetime emergencies for gas facilities is aimed at ensuring industrial safety, emergency resistance of hazardous production facilities, creating safe working conditions during drilling operations.
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Glass, Deborah, Christina Dimitriadis, Jessy Hansen, Fiona Hore-Lacy, Malcolm R. Sim, and Ryan F. Hoy. "Changes to Silica Exposure Control Measures in the Artificial Stone Benchtop Industry in Victoria Australia." Safety and Health at Work 13 (January 2022): S25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2021.12.786.
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Yu, Zuo Jiao, Fu Chuan Jiang, Xiao Xin Mao, and Ju Wang. "Hazard of Coal Mine Gas and its Preventive Measures." Advanced Materials Research 724-725 (August 2013): 1289–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.724-725.1289.
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The coal mine gas hazards as important factors affecting the coal mine production safety and it is the modern ore mining industry must be rigorous treatment of serious harm. This paper expounds the harm of coal mine gas,and analyzes the cause of it,then puts forward some prevention measures for it.
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Hossain, Md Numan, and M. Farhad Howladar. "Investigation of Risk and Safety Scenario in Risk Matrix of Petroleum Production System of Three Gas Fields, Bangladesh." American Journal of Agricultural Science, Engineering and Technology 5, no. 1 (May 28, 2021): 81–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.54536/ajaset.v5i1.65.
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The economic growth of Bangladesh largely depends on the petroleum industry. The most important part of petroleum industry is the production system. However, accident is a common scenario in the petroleum industry. In fact, several risks may be involved during the drilling, production, and transportation phase of this industry. In the case of comprehension, these risks associated at an early stage may acquire the appropriate measures aligned to them. This study investigates personnel perceptions about risk and safety involved in production system of the petroleum industry. To perform this research, the data were collected from three fields Kailashtila, Haripur & MSTE Plant operated by Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SFGL), Bangladesh. The collected data were analyzed by IBM SPSS 20. The frequency analysis performed and risk matrix generated in this study. The Frequency analysis shows that the overall safety situations. Moreover, the results of the risk matrix pointed out the risk level as low, medium or high. At the end of study, based on the implicit risks, the necessary measures are recommended for the future security of the industry.
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Sadygova, A. V. "Priority areas of the estimation of environmental-economic situation in oil-gas industry." Azerbaijan Oil Industry, no. 6-7 (July 15, 2021): 60–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.37474/0365-8554/2021-6-7-60-64.
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The paper analyzes the methodological approaches to the sole environmental-economic estimation of natural measures. The issues of the improvement of environmental-economic mechanism and ensuring environmental safety towards the formation of ecological measures in the construction of oil-gas objects within SOCAR strategy of steady economic development have been studied, the analysis on the waste management within SOCAR carried out and as a result of conducted research, the priorities in the spheres of environmental protection and rational nature management of business entities in the oil-gas industry specified as well.
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Peričević-Medić, Sonja, Jovana Ljujić, Ivan Mikov, Milorad Španović, and Slađana Sakač. "Emergency carbon monoxide poisoning therapy for petroleum industry workers." Halo 194 26, no. 3 (2020): 138–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/halo26-28886.
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Introduction/Aim Carbon monoxide (CO) is a gas produced by incomplete combustion of carbon compounds and is a leading cause of poising throughout the world. The objective of this paper is to analyze 5 cases of acute carbon monoxide poisoning in petroleum industry workers, occupying a shared accommodation and to present diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive measures. Case report the workers had to be treated by the emergency medical service during the night for health problems arising from carbon monoxide inhalation from a faulty installation. Venous blood samples were collected to measure the concentration of carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) and gas analyses were done upon admission and 120 minutes later. They were treated with parenteral therapy and oxygen by mask, and they made a complete recovery. Conclusion Faulty installation of a gas-powered heating system caused acute carbon monoxide poisoning in 5 people occupying the space. After 120 minutes in a closed environment, the carbon monoxide concentration was high enough to cause a significant increase of COHb in the venous blood. Prompt diagnosis and adequate therapy are crucial to ensure a favorable treatment outcome. Preventive measures, such as educating workers and introducing health and safety measures into the work environment are extremely important in preventing accidents such as these.
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Redutskiy, Yury. "Optimization of Safety Instrumented System Design and Maintenance Frequency for Oil and Gas Industry Processes." Management and Production Engineering Review 8, no. 1 (March 1, 2017): 46–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/mper-2017-0006.
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Abstract Oil and gas industry processes are associated with significant expenditures and risks. Adequacy of the decisions on safety measures made during early stages of planning the facilities and processes contributes to avoiding technological incidents and corresponding losses. Formulating straightforward requirements for safety instrumented systems that are followed further during the detailed engineering design and operations is proposed, and a mathematical model for safety system design is introduced in a generalized form. The model aims to reflect the divergent perspectives of the main parties involved in oil and gas projects, and, therefore, it is formulated as a multi-objective problem. Application of black box optimization is suggested for solving real-life problem instances. A Markov model is applied to account for device failures, technological incidents, continuous restorations and periodic maintenance for a given process and safety system configuration. This research is relevant to engineering departments and contractors, who specialize in planning and designing the technological solution.
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Slater, Sue. "PESA industry review—2009 environmental update." APPEA Journal 50, no. 1 (2010): 143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj09010.
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This paper provides a brief update on some of the key environmental issues that arose during 2009. In Queensland, activity is dominated by coal seam gas projects and specifically coal seam gas (CSG) to liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. Environmental milestones for these projects are discussed, and the State Government’s response policy and regulation development response is reviewed. The progress of the more conventional LNG projects in Western Australia and the Northern Territory is also discussed. The final report on the mandated ten year review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 was released in December 2009. Seventy-one recommendations were made, and some key recommendations related to our industry are discussed here. Climate change has again dominated the media, with the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen in December 2009. In Queensland, the Government released a paper that presented a range of strategies and policies, building on a number of existing schemes and introducing new measures. Gas is identified as a key transitional fuel while low emission coal technology and emerging renewable energy sources are being developed. Greenhouse gas legislation is continuing to be developed across several states, but subordinate legislation is yet to be finalised. In Victoria, submissions on the Greenhouse Gas Geological Sequestration Regulations closed in October 2009, and the Greenhouse Gas Geological Sequestration Act 2008 came into effect on 1 December 2009. In March 2009, ten offshore acreage releases were made under the Commonwealth legislation; however, the closing date for submissions is dependent upon the development of the regulations. South Australia passed an Act amending the Petroleum and Geothermal Act 2000 on 1 October 2009 to allow geosequestration. A number of reviews of the regulatory framework or the administrative systems associated with the upstream oil and gas sector have been completed in the last decade. All these reviews make similar findings and recommendations, and most recently the Jones Report, tabled in Western Australian Parliament on 12 August 2009, found that most key recommendations from previous reports and reviews had not been addressed or properly implemented. There seems to be little point in undertaking regulatory and system reviews that consistently make similar findings, if these findings are never addressed. The hurdles to implementation of key recommendations need to be identified, so that progress can be made in improving the approvals processes for the industry, and improving the environmental outcomes.
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MATSUK, Z. M. "CONCEPT OF SECURITY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY OF UKRAINE." Ukrainian Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, no. 4 (November 21, 2021): 46–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.30838/j.bpsacea.2312.310821.46.789.
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Problem statement. Taking into account the world experience, the most effective is risk managementbased on achieving a certain level of safety, a balance of benefits and costs within a separate facility, territory, industryand the state as a whole. Today, risk management mechanisms aimed at reducing their values have not received widepractical application in the oil and gas industry of Ukraine. Thus, a quantitative risk assessment is used only in relationto industry workers during the execution of work, and a qualitative risk assessment in relation to machines,mechanisms, equipment is not used at all, including the likelihood of a positive compensatory impact of measures toУкраїнський журнал будівництва та архітектури, № 4 (004), 2021, ISSN (Print) 2710-0367, ISSN (Online) 2710-0375 46 counter security threats is not predicted, as well as technical condition and safety of facilities, primarily those that areoperated with defects. At the same time, imperfection of regulatory legal acts and inconsistency at the state and industrylevel of risk management methods do not allow the industry to achieve risk levels corresponding to the levels ofeconomically developed countries. The need to introduce conceptual foundations for ensuring the safety of the industry(management of the risk of accidents) is integral to labor protection, industrial, public, man-made, environmental safetyand energy resource efficiency, caused by the presence in the industry of a large number of organizational and manmade hazards. The number and linear length of the industry facilities on the territory of the state, including the difficultconditions for laying main pipelines. A significant number of cross-border crossings of trunk pipelines. The need todiversify the flows of commodity products of the main transport. A significant amount of hazardous substances that arestored, transported, synthesized, and used in the technological processes of the industry. A high level of risk ofemergencies of a technogenic nature due to a significant degree of wear and tear of the main production assets of theindustry. The inconsistency of the number of employees (appropriate qualifications) in the industry with therequirements of labor protection, industrial safety and the scope of work on diagnostics, maintenance and repair offacilities. A relatively low level of material and technical support for diagnostics, maintenance and repair of industryfacilities. Failure to recognize the low level of energy resource efficiency of production (synthesis), transport, storage ofhydrocarbons (hydrogen) as a negative technogenic factor affecting the safety of the industry. Imperfection of theregulatory and legal framework on the determination of the residual resource of the equipment of the industry facilitiesand the extension of the period of its further safe operation, etc. The purpose of the article – increase the level ofnational security of Ukraine by developing and implementing the "Concept of safety and energy resource efficiency ofthe oil and gas industry of Ukraine. Conclusion. The implementation of the provisions of the developed Concept willsignificantly increase the level of national security of Ukraine, as well as the safety and energy resource efficiency ofenterprises in the oil and gas industry of Ukraine.
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Shakurova, M. M. "The Vision Zero concept is the basis of innovative technologies on the way to the highest safety in industry." Okhrana truda i tekhnika bezopasnosti na promyshlennykh predpriyatiyakh (Labor protection and safety procedure at the industrial enterprises), no. 2 (February 17, 2021): 90–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.33920/pro-4-2202-01.
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In the Russian Federation, hundreds of thousands of people carry out activities in the field of oil and gas production. Ensuring their health and safety is the main concern of employers, regulators, trade associations, industry groups and local communities. Work in this industry includes physical labor, round-the-clock operations, heavy machinery, hazardous chemicals, often remote locations and weather conditions. All these factors increase the risk of physical harm and determine the need for special protective measures.
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Yamada, Taro, and Kazunari Domen. "Development of Sunlight Driven Water Splitting Devices towards Future Artificial Photosynthetic Industry." ChemEngineering 2, no. 3 (August 13, 2018): 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering2030036.
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The ongoing research and development of sunlight-driven water splitting in the “Japan Technological Research Association of Artificial Photosynthetic Chemical Process (ARPChem)” is overviewed. Water splitting photocatalysts, photoelectrochemical devices, large-scale reactor panels, product gas transportation, H2/O2 gas separation devices and safety measures against explosion are included as the research objectives. ARPChem was formed as a research union of Japan’s leading chemical firms, in which related elementary technologies have been cultivated. This article introduces our general scope for artificial photosynthesis and describes present research activities, mainly on solar driven water splitting photocatalysts/photoelectrodes and briefly on the processes and plans for plant construction for future industrial extension.
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Reinten, Ron. "Esso Australia's process safety management process." APPEA Journal 49, no. 2 (2009): 570. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj08043.
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Safety is a core value at Esso Australia. We strive to observe the highest standards of safety to ensure that nobody gets hurt in our operations. We believe this goal can be achieved through a broadly shared commitment to personal and process safety—both of which are managed using our operations integrity management system (OIMS). In the Gippsland region of Victoria, Esso Australia operates oil and gas production facilities ranging from sub-sea completions to substantial staffed offshore facilities, an onshore crude stabilisation, three gas processing plants and a natural gas liquids fractionation plant, all interconnected by a network of offshore and onshore pipelines. Every day Esso’s Gippsland operations produce millions of litres of crude oil and millions of cubic meters of natural gas. Having all this fuel energy flowing through these plants each day at high pressures, and widely ranging temperatures, it is imperative that it is safely controlled and contained by the process equipment. How do we do this? With process safety systems. Process safety is a crucial component of OIMS that ensures Esso’s assets are operated and maintained in keeping with corporate and industry safety standards. In this presentation we show how process safety is managed within OIMS and how the people within Esso individually and collectively contribute to it. Our work in this area has recently been captured in a training package that includes a DVD shown at the conference. It was created to raise the awareness and understanding of all Esso employees about the principles that underpin Esso’s approach to process safety. This abstract outlines how we approach process safety across the life-cycle of our facilities and the role people play in managing this very important aspect of our work. Our training reinforces the message that responsibility for effective management of process safety lies with every employee and how OIMS is designed to assist people to achieve the desired results where all risks are appropriately managed. We have sought to connect the concepts used to manage personal safety, which are well understood by the workforce, with those that are needed to understand how to manage process safety.
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Narayan, Niket. "IoT based Smart Helmet for Industrial Workers." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 9, no. 8 (August 31, 2021): 1295–308. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2021.37568.
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Abstract: Safety is very important in every workplace, but very often we hear about accidents in factories industries causing loss of life. The labours and workers working in any factory, industries, construction site or mine is vulnerable to accidents and therefore they should be with safety guards properly. In most of the accidents, number of deaths or severe injuries is maximized because the labours and worker are not wearing safety equipmentor wearing low grade safety equipment. Working environment hazards include radiation leakage, fall due to suffocation, poisoning gas leakage and gas explosion. Hence air quality and hazardous event detection is very important factorin industry. In order to achieve those safety measures, the proposed system provides wireless sensors network for monitoring real time situation of working environment from monitoring station. Keywords: Industries; Helmet; Cloud Computing; ThingSpeak Internet of Things; Sensors; Ubiquitous Sensing
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Gromov, Z. A., and L. I. Belykh. "Capabilities of the automated information support module for the oil and gas industry operator." XXI Century. Technosphere Safety 7, no. 3 (October 4, 2022): 231–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.21285/2500-1582-2022-3-231-241.
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In the Russian Federation, the number of accidents and fatal injuries to oil and gas industry workers is growing, which requires the development of labor protection measures. Among the effective measures are information software technologies including the automated information support module for the gas and oil production and processing operator. The present study aims to analyze this module. The research objects are types of work performed by a commodity operator: maintenance of tanks, shut–off valves, pressure gauges, oil release. The subject is technological operations and production factors of technogenic risks which were taken into consideration when developing the automated information support module. A brief description of the module, its navigation on the main pages and their functions is provided. The algorithm for the safe work of the commodity operator and a list of block diagrams were analyzed. The main features of this module were described. Taking into account the production factors and workplace activities, the contribution of the module to the values of occupational risk was estimated. The conclusion about the use of a module that reduces risks and improves safety at oil and gas industry enterprises was made.
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Olugu, Ezutah Udoncy, Kuan Yew Wong, Jonathan Yong Chung Ee, and Yslam D. Mammedov. "Incorporating Sustainability and Maintenance for Performance Assessment of Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms: A Perspective." Sustainability 14, no. 2 (January 12, 2022): 807. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14020807.
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The existence of external two-fold pressure regarding competitiveness and sustainable development in a capital-intensive industry supports the need for sustainable performance. However, endeavors to create a sustainable framework to measure the performance of the oil and gas (O&G) industry are mostly devoted to the production and supply chain of petrochemical products and rarely focus on a maintenance perspective. Motivated by such scarcity, the goal of this research was to discuss and articulate the performance assessment framework by integrating concepts of maintenance and sustainability in the O&G industry. This study proposed the use of a range of performance measures for assessing sustainability on offshore production and drilling platforms. The conceptual framework consists of four aspects of sustainability categorized into technical, environmental, social, and economic dimensions. Each measure was assigned according to its relevance at the strategic, tactical, and functional levels of maintenance decision making. The conceptual framework resulted in hierarchical clusters of twelve strategic indicators. These indicators consist of conventional measures as well as new ones relating to the safety and reliability on offshore platforms. The potential contribution of the present study is found in its intention to empower a better understanding of sustainable maintenance and encourage those making decisions about practical implementation within the O&G industry. This paper culminates with directions for future studies.
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Voskresenskaya, Elena V., Lybov G. Vorona-Slivinskaya, Vitaly Snetkov, and Anatolii Ponomarenko. "Ecological and economic mechanism for the formation of environmental measures in the gas extraction constructions." E3S Web of Conferences 91 (2019): 08014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199108014.
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The disturbed balance of the “society-nature” system has led to the fact that the production of output usually involves environmental pollution. The reason is that most technological processes are far from perfect and involve formation of intermediate substances or end products that do not participate in further production process and consequently become waste. Therefore, the authors analyze the methodological approaches of integrated environmental and economic assessment of environment protection measures during the construction of gas industry facilities, which is a relevant issue in terms of ecology. The authors claim that the extraction of fuel and energy resources disrupt the biogeocoenosises’ components during the survey, development and exploitation of deposits, leading to the manifestation of dangerous natural management processes and destruction of flora and fauna. Therefore, the environmental-economic mechanism for the formation of environmental measures during the construction of gas facilities should be improved within the framework of the strategy of sustainable economic development of society and ensuring its environmental safety. Analysis of methods for assessing the environmental and economic impact of gas industry enterprises on the environment has shown that enterprises need further instrumental and methodological improvement.
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Fossan, Ingar, and Sverre Nodland. "Explosion risk on offshore and onshore facilities—is there an explosion risk problem or an explosion modelling problem?" APPEA Journal 55, no. 1 (2015): 337. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj14026.
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Management of the risk related to the loss of containment of flammable fluid is paramount to ensure safe operations at facilities processing or storing flammable fluids. According to best industry practice, an extensive set of safety functions—including measures that reduce the frequency of initiating events (e.g. leaks) and measures that mitigate consequences in case of ignition—are implemented in design to control the risk. Adopting the risk-based design principles that are commonly enforced in the oil and gas industry, the performance of implemented safety barriers are assessed both qualitatively and quantitatively using different methodologies such as hazard and operability analysis (HAZOP), failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and quantitative risk analysis (QRA). The ultimate outcome from the QRA methodology is used to assess the overall risk level as well as to assess dimensioning accidental loads (DALs) for equipment and structures that will ensure a design that is within the tolerable risk level set for the facility. An accurate assessment of DALs resulting from fires and explosion is crucial to manage both the risk and corresponding cost driving factors. The most critical safety barrier in this regard is to minimise leaks and thereafter to prevent ignition of the dispersed flammable fluid. A fundamental safety design principle is to find ways to avoid the occurrence of incidents rather than implement measures that mitigate consequences. This peer-reviewed paper demonstrates the significance of modelling the safety functions that are in place to ensure that the initial leak does not ignite by presenting a case example for different layouts of a conventional jacket installation with gas turbines. It is concluded that the difference between various available ignition models can be more prominent than the uncertainty related to any other model element in the QRA. To uncover potential hazards not reflected by the model and identify optimal control measures, the effect of the ignition model applied should be investigated in detail for installations where the QRA displays a prominent fire and explosion frequency.
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Rostova, Elena P., and Alena A. Zinovieva. "Development of an economic and mathematical model of cost allocation for preventive measures for oil and gas industry of the Russian Federation." Vestnik of Samara University. Economics and Management 13, no. 4 (January 24, 2023): 116–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.18287/2542-0461-2022-13-4-116-126.
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Oil and gas industry occupies a significant place in the economy of the Russian Federation its share in GDP in 2021 was 17.4%. The trouble-free operation of oil and gas industry enterprises allows the stable development of this industry in particular and the economy of the state as a whole. Mining is associated with many risks general, inherent in any economic entity, and private, reflecting the specifics of the industry. Common risks include market, currency, natural, political and others. The risks inherent in the oil and gas sector are associated with the peculiarities of the production process, a high proportion of workers employed in production with harmful factors, accidents and injured workers, and harmful emissions. The object of the study is PJSC Gazprom, the largest gas supplier in the Russian Federation. The article considers such risk indicators as the number of accidents, the number of victims of industrial accidents, the volume of wastewater discharge into surface water bodies. These indicators are analyzed for the period from 2011 to 2021. A decreasing trend of these risk indicators, accompanied by fluctuations, is revealed. The cost of risk reduction measures was also analyzed: the cost of industrial safety, the cost of labor protection, the cost of environmental protection for PJSC Gazprom for the period from 2011 to 2021. Costs, in contrast to the considered risk indicators, do not have a definite trend. A model of the relationship between production volume, risk indicators and risk reduction costs has been developed. On the basis of the developed model, the problem of minimizing the total costs under regulatory restrictions on risk indicators is formulated. Separate functions have been developed that reflect the relationship between the number of accidents and the cost of industrial safety, the number of victims of accidents and the cost of labor protection, wastewater discharge and environmental protection costs. The presented models can be used by specialists of PJSC Gazprom when developing a risk management strategy, as well as by risk managers of other oil and gas enterprises after adjusting the parameters of the models taking into account the specifics of an individual enterprise.
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Abdoul Nasser, Avoce Honga, Petro Dickson Ndalila, Edem A. Mawugbe, Melaine Emmanuel Kouame, Mioumnde Arthur Paterne, and Yuxing Li. "Mitigation of Risks Associated with Gas Pipeline Failure by Using Quantitative Risk Management Approach: A Descriptive Study on Gas Industry." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9, no. 10 (October 8, 2021): 1098. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jmse9101098.
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Risk assessment is one of the main tools that oil and gas industries use to assess the hazards and risks in their facilities worldwide. Qualitative and quantitative risk assessments are carried out at various phases of the process industry: conceptual stage, design stage, construction stage, operational stage, decommissioning stage, etc. The quantitative risk assessment is directed during the detailed design stage to decide the spacing and layout out of equipment for safe operation and maintenance of oil and gas industries. The equipment layout and spacing are based on the safe distances are to be carried out on various design safety studies. In this work, a study was carried out on upstream onshore natural gas gathering stations and associated equipment and pipeline networks. The fire, explosion assessment, and toxic gas dispersion are conducted to evaluate how it affects people, assets, and the environment. Whether the design protection systems are adequate to mitigate the consequences or any additional measures to reduce risk to an acceptable level is analyzed.
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Shvechihin, D. V., and M. A. Sheikina. "Improving the efficiency, safety and manageability of oil transportation processes." Vestnik Universiteta, no. 3 (May 2, 2022): 84–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.26425/1816-4277-2022-3-84-89.
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The article is devoted to the analysis of the main opportunities for the digital transformation of an oil company, which are based on improving the efficiency, safety and controllability of production processes, obtaining additional economic benefits, and achieving leadership in terms of innovation. For the development and success of an oil and gas company, it is necessary to introduce measures to increase its economic growth, sustainability and competitiveness in the market. A key component of a business transformation strategy is digital transformation. The authors analysed the challenges for the digital transformation of the oil and gas industry: changing the importance of oil as an energy source, changing the market, business conditions, technology development, and environmental and social factors. The strategic directions for the development of digital transformation are considered and the main aspects of its roadmap are presented. The key success factors for the digital transformation of an oil company are identified.
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Marhavilas, Panagiotis K., Michail Filippidis, Georgios K. Koulinas, and Dimitrios E. Koulouriotis. "Safety Considerations by Synergy of HAZOP/DMRA with Safety Color Maps—Applications on: A Crude-Oil Processing Industry/a Gas Transportation System." Processes 9, no. 8 (July 27, 2021): 1299. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr9081299.
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A collaborative framework by the synergy of Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) process and the Decision-Matrix Risk Assessment (DMRA) in association with safety-color mapping (SCM) is presented, in order to identify critical points and prioritize risks, and also to visualize the occupational safety and health (OSH) situation, at the workplaces (i) of a sour crude-oil processing industry (SCOPI), and (ii) of a measurement and regulatory station (MRS) in a gas transportation system (GTS), situated in Greece. Firstly, the conventional HAZOP analysis is executed in order to identify the potential fault causes of abnormal conditions (deviations) in the plants. The application of the DMRA-modus is valuable to rank the identified risks (hierarchy of risks). In view of the results, both of the HAZOP pattern (for identifying the hazards) and also the DMRA one (for assessing and ranking the risks), SCMs have been derived for the specific workplaces of the SCOPI and the MRS/GTS station, which could be a precious means for safety managers to appraise the urgency of investing limited budgets in measures preventing particular types of deviations, and also protecting the employees.
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Vikas Mahalkar, Sanjay Kumar, and Sanjeev Singhal. "Long term and short-term occupational health risks associated with petroleum industry in India." World Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences 5, no. 2 (March 30, 2022): 054–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.30574/wjaets.2022.5.2.0044.
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The present informative article is intended to focus on the occupational diseases being faced by oil and gas company’s employees, its effects on their health, family life and some remedies have been discussed to overcome the problems related to their health. Occupational hazards are always been a prominent issue in industries especially hazardous industries like Petroleum Industry. In this review paper, we have tried to mention and identify most of the long term and short-term health risks associated with Petroleum Industry in India. Also, it covers Ergonomics/ mechanical hazards and Psychological Hazards in Oil & Gas Industry in India. This review article outlines the health hazards and risks present in petroleum industry and it mentions preventive measures to minimize the health risks by analyzing the root cause. We have tried to mention primary causes of Occupational Diseases associated with petroleum Industry and its prevention. The health hazards that are present in oil and gas industries are classified as long term and short term depending on primarily on the duration of Exposure. It was felt that there is a need to do work on safety of human capital resulting in the culmination of this review article paper.
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Banimahd, Meysam, Steve Tyler, Matthew Kuo, and Fiona Chow. "Earthquake risk management for oil and gas infrastructure in the north west of Australia." APPEA Journal 60, no. 2 (2020): 588. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj19213.
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The July 2019 magnitude 6.6 earthquake 200 km offshore from Broome is a recent reminder of the significant risk that earthquakes pose to oil and gas infrastructure in Australia. Unlike tropical cyclones, there are no reliable methods for predicting the timing, location and magnitude of imminent earthquakes. Appropriate risk management is therefore required, together with the implementation of emergency response and integrity management procedures, to manage the potential impacts to health, safety, process safety, the environment and production. Given the concentration of oil and gas infrastructure in the north west of Australia, a collaborative approach is advantageous for earthquake risk management and emergency response measures. This paper shares Woodside’s earthquake risk and integrity management procedures with the aim of enabling appropriate quality and consistency throughout the industry. The paper reviews state-of-the-art international practice in earthquake risk management for critical infrastructure from design to operation. Applicable seismic design criteria, likely failure modes and performance requirements are also described. Woodside’s real-time earthquake alert and integrity management systems are presented. Recommendations are made on best practice for earthquake risk management in the region and areas for further collaboration and improvement within the industry.
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Bakirov, I. K., F. Sh Khafizov, and L. Kh Zaripova. "Relationship Between the Causes of Fires, Regulatory Requirements, and the Efficiency of Fire Supervision in the Oil and Gas Industry of the Russian Federation." Occupational Safety in Industry, no. 11 (November 2022): 20–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.24000/0409-2961-2022-11-20-25.
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At the facilities of oil and gas industry for achieving the results in compliance with the fire safety standards it is required to have its own regulatory requirements adapted to the new conditions. Such concepts as the efficiency of regulations in the field of fire safety, the fire situation and its key indicators, and federal state fire supervision are becoming important. The most common causes of fires at oil refineries are established. The relevance of determining the violations that cause fires and people die is noted. Based on the conclusions about the causes of the fire available in the conclusions of experts, an analysis of the fire that occurred at the Ufa oil refinery with the death of people was carried out. A new approach to the use of expert conclusions, in accordance with regulatory provisions, is noted. Measures were developed to improve departmental fire safety regulations at the oil refineries facilities. The importance is noted related to establishing a connection between the true causes of fires at oil refineries and regulatory requirements in regulatory legal acts and regulatory documents of the Russian Federation, as well as in the technological regulations of production facilities. The analysis was carried out concerning the current regulations and the violations recorded in them in the field of fire safety at oil refineries. A new approach to conducting inspections of oil and gas industry facilities is proposed considering the conclusions presented in the acts of investigation of incidents of oil refineries. It is proposed to develop new regulations for oil and gas industry enterprises based on the true causes of fires.
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Boomhower, Judson. "Drilling Like There’s No Tomorrow: Bankruptcy, Insurance, and Environmental Risk." American Economic Review 109, no. 2 (February 1, 2019): 391–426. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/aer.20160346.
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This paper measures the effects of bankruptcy protection on industry structure and environmental outcomes in oil and gas extraction. Using administrative data from Texas, I exploit variation in an insurance requirement that reduced firms’ ability to avoid liability through bankruptcy. Among small firms, the policy substantially improved environmental outcomes and reduced production. Most production was reallocated to larger firms with better environmental records, but high-cost production where social cost may have exceeded social benefit decreased. These results suggest that incomplete internalization of environmental costs due to bankruptcy is an important determinant of industry structure and safety effort in hazardous industries. (JEL G22, G33, L25, L71, Q35, Q52)
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Nwaoha, Thaddeus Chidiebere, and Ikuobase Emovon. "Fuzzy Cost Modelling of Diving Chamber Control Measures under Uncertainties." Pomorstvo 34, no. 2 (December 21, 2020): 438–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.31217/p.34.2.24.
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The diving chamber is an important system needed for diving operations in the oil and gas industry. Divers use it for various purposes. Thus, the safety level of the diving chamber needs to be very high at all times and the system needs to be in a good state. To achieve this, various control measures such as control measures 1 and 2 can be adopted in preventing failures/hazards or mitigate their consequences. In this study, fuzzy cost algorithm is used to estimate the cost of using control measures 1 and 2 in ensuring optimal operational level for the diving chamber, while the preference degree approach is adopted in prioritizing the aforementioned cost of control measures 1 and 2. The result of the analysis indicated that control measure 2 is the most cost effective approach.
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Eirik Bjorheim, Abrahamsen, Selvik Jon Tømmerås, and Abrahamsen Håkon Bjorheim. "Using Cost-Effectiveness Acceptability Curves as a Basis for Prioritizing Investments in Safety Measures in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry." International Journal of Performability Engineering 16, no. 2 (2020): 163. http://dx.doi.org/10.23940/ijpe.20.02.p1.163170.
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Langøy, Morten A., Erik Hörnlund, Ole Jacob Næss, and Rolf H. Hinderaker. "Corrosion Processes Relevant to the Integrity of Oil and Gas Facilities1." Open Conference Proceedings Journal 8, no. 1 (January 31, 2017): 14–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/2210289201708010014.
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The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway will set the terms for and follow up that players in the Norwegian petroleum industry maintain a high level of health, safety and the environment and emergency preparedness, and thereby contribute to creating the highest possible value for society. Ensuring good material selection process and structural integrity is an important effort where different corrosion forms are of concern and corrosion protection measures of interest, especially in respect to major accidents.PSA addresses corrosion in rules and regulations, requiring “robust material selection”, with reference to international standards and guidelines. The operators addressing and monitoring of the corrosion effects on the process and structural integrity by incident reporting, reviews and site audits are the key tools for PSA in assessing the corrosion challenges and control in the industry.It is of paramount importance to avoid major accidents. The subject of this paper is to address the challenges with material degradation in ageing structures, and the challenges associated with life extension considerations. Corrosion plays a major role in this respect; especially PSA is concerned with corrosion under insulation (CUI). This paper presents some of our work in these areas.
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Liu, Jiu, and Le Shen. "On the Legal Mechanism of Nuclear Safety in China under the Background of Environmental Protection." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1087, no. 1 (October 1, 2022): 012023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1087/1/012023.
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Abstract Background: Peaceful use of nuclear energy is of great significance for ensuring energy security, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and achieving sustainable development environmental-friendly. Nuclear safety is the premise and foundation for the development of civil nuclear power industry. As a country with the largest scale of nuclear power plants under construction, preventing accidents properly is the best way to ensure nuclear safety. However, under the background of environmental protection nowadays, China has only officially implemented two laws related to nuclear safety - the Law on Prevention and Control of Radioactive Pollution and Nuclear Safety Law. It cannot fully meet the needs of nuclear safety supervision in China. Methods: To highlight the problems in the current legal system pertaining to nuclear safety, a legislation study is used to analyze the current content of related legislation and regulations. Comparative methodology is also adopted in this paper to analyze the legislative and administrative experience of other countries with or without nuclear power industry and summarize the problems in the current legal system in China. Result: Currently, the development of nuclear safety law system reflects the historical process of the development and application of nuclear technology in China. China’s nuclear safety-related legislation closely fits the strategy of China’s nuclear technology development and application under the background of environmental protection. Even though, there are still deficiencies about China’s nuclear safety legal system now, for example: the atomic energy law is still absent in China, so pertaining measures must be taken to develop and improve the nuclear safety legal system in China as for not only promoting the development of nuclear industry but also avoiding radioactive pollution incidents and protecting environment. Moreover, there is a conflict between the concept of “nuclear safety” in the Nuclear Safety Law and its content.
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Pirbhulal, Sandeep, Vasileios Gkioulos, and Sokratis Katsikas. "Towards Integration of Security and Safety Measures for Critical Infrastructures Based on Bayesian Networks and Graph Theory: A Systematic Literature Review." Signals 2, no. 4 (November 2, 2021): 771–802. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/signals2040045.
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In recent times, security and safety are, at least, conducted in safety-sensitive or critical sectors. Nevertheless, both processes do not commonly analyze the impact of security risks on safety. Several scholars are focused on integrating safety and security risk assessments, using different methodologies and tools in critical infrastructures (CIs). Bayesian networks (BN) and graph theory (GT) have received much attention from academia and industries to incorporate security and safety features for different CI applications. Hence, this study aims to conduct a systematic literature review (SLR) for co-engineering safety and security using BN or GT. In this SLR, the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses recommendations (PRISMA) are followed. Initially, 2295 records (acquired between 2011 and 2020) were identified for screening purposes. Later on, 240 articles were processed to check eligibility criteria. Overall, this study includes 64 papers, after examining the pre-defined criteria and guidelines. Further, the included studies were compared, regarding the number of required nodes for system development, applied data sources, research outcomes, threat actors, performance verification mechanisms, implementation scenarios, applicability and functionality, application sectors, advantages, and disadvantages for combining safety, and security measures, based on GT and BN. The findings of this SLR suggest that BN and GT are used widely for risk and failure management in several domains. The highly focused sectors include studies of the maritime industry (14%), vehicle transportation (13%), railway (13%), nuclear (6%), chemical industry (6%), gas and pipelines (5%), smart grid (5%), network security (5%), air transportation (3%), public sector (3%), and cyber-physical systems (3%). It is also observed that 80% of the included studies use BN models to incorporate safety and security concerns, whereas 15% and 5% for GT approaches and joint GT and BN methodologies, respectively. Additionally, 31% of identified studies verified that the developed approaches used real-time implementation, whereas simulation or preliminary analysis were presented for the remaining methods. Finally, the main research limitations, concluding remarks and future research directions, are presented
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Huang, Lin Jun. "Development of Environmental Regulation in Energy Industry of China a Comparative Perspective." Applied Mechanics and Materials 291-294 (February 2013): 1271–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.291-294.1271.
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Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) regulation related to the natural gas industry in China is reviewed with a focus on environmental regulation. The review provides insight into the regulation, standards and management practice adopted, and it identifies trends and needs for improvement in China. The research finds that China is actively improving its HSE regulation system by revising laws and standards, and entitling regulatory organizations with new functions; at the same time, more companies in China are aware of the importance of HSE management and accreditation. At the current stage, the legal systems in China are effective in terms of improving awareness of and investment in HSE management. However, there is a long way to go before effective HSE management system implementation and mature HSE culture in place. From the experience of HSE legislation and management in Australia, we find that HSE culture and implementation are essential to the healthy development of the gas industry. We conclude that HSE regulation and management would benefit greatly from guidance on how to form HSE management system and cultivate sustainability culture, as well as from the further development of feasible performance measures.
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Samarin, I. V., A. V. Kryuchkov, and A. Yu Strogonov. "Thermochemical gas analyzer readiness assessment model." Pozharovzryvobezopasnost/Fire and Explosion Safety 29, no. 6 (January 13, 2021): 61–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.22227/pvb.2020.29.06.61-74.
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Introduction. The importance of fire safety (FS) measures at fuel and energy industry facilities, in particular over the course of continuous technological processes of oil refineries (OR), is highlighted in the article. Decision makers are able to manage the process of planning and implementing these measures thanks to special software integrated into automated process control systems. The fire and explosion prevention subsystem designated for managing gas analyzing equipment and its control processes was chosen as the object of research. Theoretical framework. The fire safety of oil refineries, that entails the maintenance of gas analyzer sensors, is characterized by such random subprocesses as climate and weather changes at refineries. It is proposed to split this process into two opposite subprocesses, destructive and productive ones. Events related to calibration, verification or replacement of sensitive elements of thermochemical sensors are at the core of the recovery subprocess. Destructive subprocess events are associated with the appearance of deviations in thermochemical sensors from nominal values as registered by a shift on duty. It is proposed to describe the randomness of this subprocess as a Markov process. The sensor system behavior is simulated as the two streams. Thermochemical sensors have two modes: ready and not ready. Research results. The readiness model of gas analyzers is calculated as a ratio of the number of thermochemical sensors which are potentially ready for use in accordance with the regulatory and engineering documentation, to their total number, taking into account the randomness of events that make thermochemical sensors unready. A special case used to illustrate the Markov model building is studied. The possible number of modes for sets of thermochemical sensors is calculated for such a situation. The transition between modes of sets in a fire alarm subsystem is determined using the proposed system of differential Kolmogorov equations, which has five equations for a specific case. The calculation can be generalized for any number of remote sensors. Conclusions. The readiness assessment method applied to thermochemical sensors of gas analyzers in open areas of refineries is studied. The method can be applied in the process of automated fire and explosion prevention system operation.
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Greenwood, M. C., D. C. Tyler, M. A. Newton, N. V. Clarke, J. J. Hayes, and C. L. Turner. "BASS STRAIT OFFSHORE FACILITY SAFETY CASES: A CASE STUDY ON EFFECTIVE WORKFORCE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MODERN SAFETY CASE REGIME." APPEA Journal 42, no. 2 (2002): 95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj01062.
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In 2001, Esso submitted 18 different Bass Strait Facility Safety Cases as part of their five year revision cycle, and obtained regulatory acceptance for each of them. These revised safety cases incorporated the accumulated learning from our many previous offshore safety case submissions, the 1998 Longford accident and our work with the WorkSafe Victoria Major Hazards Division. A number of significant challenges were met and overcome. This paper discusses our experiences and describes the processes we used to successfully develop useful, easy to use living safety cases for our offshore workforce.Although our priority was to demonstrate that we knew our facilities, had identified hazards, assessed the risks associated with those hazards and had control measures in place to reduce those risks to as low as reasonably practicable, we also wanted to bring about behavioural change. This paper will explain how our safety case revision processes were used to successfully change workforce behaviours with consequent changes to collective attitudes and values across the organisation.Extensive and highly effective employee involvement was integral to all stages of the safety case planning and development process. The paper examines how a skilled team comprising a workforce-elected Health and Safety Representative, an Offshore Installation Manager and specialist safety professionals collaborated to deliver a true program of workforce involvement and buy-in that in turn delivered the behavioural changes necessary for a true safety case culture to flourish.Esso’s approach of developing a safety case as a shopfloor friendly tool highlighting the linkages between routinely used safety management system controls and the major accident event risks present at the workplace has delivered significant benefit in developing a risk averse health and safety culture. A comprehensive ongoing learning program designed to give the workforce the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to use the safety case to maximum advantage, has been developed as a key component of our safety case program. This paper explores the successful planning, development and implementation of this innovative learning program that has been widely recognised by regulators and industry.
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Knight, Tony. "Overlapping tenure." APPEA Journal 52, no. 2 (2012): 691. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj11105.
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Queensland is richly endowed with coal resources that have long supported the state’s thriving coal export industry. The more recent development and growth of the CSG industry, which shares an interest in coal resources, has brought into focus the need to find mechanisms that provide for co-existence between mining and gas proponents. The present legislative framework in Queensland provides an overlapping tenure between coal mining and CSG proponents. This overlap is extensive, and presents concerns about the certainty of access to resources and security of tenure, which are keys to providing investment confidence. The drainage of gas from coal seams for reasons of mine safety is long established, and when considered with incentives provided by measures to tax carbon emissions and the opportunity to use the energy value of CSG, there are clearly good reasons to find mutually beneficial ways to extract both coal and gas. It is submitted that the key co-existence mechanism to allow for the optimal use of coal and CSG is linked to the nature of the resources themselves. That is, the very broad geographic footprint of CSG provides geographic and temporal flexibility to work in and around coal-mining projects. These arrangements are facilitated by use of commercially based co-development agreements that consider co-ordinated production of both resources within a co-operative framework that provides for safety, communication, planning and, above all, certainty of process and access to resources. These agreements provide mutually beneficial, win-win outcomes and work towards ensuring best use of the state’s coal and gas resources.
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Wang, Jianhao, Gui Fu, and Mingwei Yan. "Investigation and Analysis of a Hazardous Chemical Accident in the Process Industry: Triggers, Roots, and Lessons Learned." Processes 8, no. 4 (April 18, 2020): 477. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr8040477.
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This paper performs an in-depth investigation and analysis on a catastrophic hazardous chemical accident involving domino effects in China based on an emerging accident causation model—the 24Model. The triggers and roots of the incident from the individual and organizational levels have been identified and several useful lessons have been summarized to avoid similar mistakes. This accident began with a leak of vinyl chloride caused by the failure of the gas holder’s bell housing and the operators’ mishandling. Leaked vinyl chloride was ignited by a high-temperature device in the process of diffusion and the fire quickly spread to the illegally parked vehicles. Several organizations were involved in this accident, and the chemical company should bear the main responsibility for it, and shall establish and implement an effective safety management system in its organizational structure and staffing, facilities management, hazards identification, emergency disposal, etc., to improve safety performance in a systematic way. Enterprises in the chemical industry park shall enhance the communication to clarify major hazard installations in their domains, and conduct regular safety evaluation for the plant as the external environment changed. Government agencies shall plan the layout of the chemical industry park scientifically and ensure safety starts with the design stage. The case study provides a practical procedure for accident investigation and analysis, and thus, preventive measures can be made according to the various causations at different levels.
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Redutskiy, Yury. "Pilot Study on the Application of Employee Scheduling for the Problem of Safety Instrumented System Design and Maintenance Planning for Remotely Located Oil and Gas Facilities." Engineering Management in Production and Services 10, no. 4 (December 1, 2018): 55–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/emj-2018-0022.
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Abstract The technology of production, transportation, and processing of oil and gas involves various hazardous processes. To mitigate the risk that these processes pose, the technological solutions work closely with the automated control and safety systems. The design and organisation of maintenance for the automated safety instrumented systems (SIS) have a significant bearing on the overall safety of operations in this industry. Over the past few decades, many hydrocarbon resources have been discovered in unconventional environments, such as remote, offshore, and arctic locations. Transportation of engineering personnel to these remote locations and back, and thereby, the organisation of the shift work poses additional challenges for the petroleum sector. Under such circumstances, the workforce-related costs play a considerable role in the overall cost of the technological solution and thereby the decisions regarding the workforce organisation should be addressed in the framework of evaluating and choosing the appropriate safety measures. That is why the research presented in this paper aims to address the lifecycle of the technological solution integrating the problems of SIS design, maintenance planning, and employee scheduling into a single decision-making framework to optimise the set of technical and organisational safety measures inherent in the SIS. The performance and maintenance of the SIS are described with a Markov model of device failures, repairs and technological incidents occurrence. The employee scheduling part of the mathematical model utilises the set-covering formulation of maintenance crews taking particular trips. A black-box optimisation algorithm is used to find reasonable solutions to the integrated problem of engineering design and workforce planning. The decisions include the choices of the components and structures for the safety system, the facility overhaul frequencies, the maintenance personnel size, as well as the schedules of trips and shifts for the crews.
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Cheliotis, Michail, Evangelos Boulougouris, Nikoletta L. Trivyza, Gerasimos Theotokatos, George Livanos, George Mantalos, Athanasios Stubos, Emmanuel Stamatakis, and Alexandros Venetsanos. "Review on the Safe Use of Ammonia Fuel Cells in the Maritime Industry." Energies 14, no. 11 (May 23, 2021): 3023. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14113023.
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In April 2018, the International Maritime Organisation adopted an ambitious plan to contribute to the global efforts to reduce the Greenhouse Gas emissions, as set by the Paris Agreement, by targeting a 50% reduction in shipping’s Green House Gas emissions by 2050, benchmarked to 2008 levels. To meet these challenging goals, the maritime industry must introduce environmentally friendly fuels with negligible, or low SOX, NOX and CO2 emissions. Ammonia use in maritime applications is considered promising, due to its high energy density, low flammability, easy storage and low production cost. Moreover, ammonia can be used as fuel in a variety of propulsors such as fuel cells and can be produced from renewable sources. As a result, ammonia can be used as a versatile marine fuel, exploiting the existing infrastructure, and having zero SOX and CO2 emissions. However, there are several challenges to overcome for ammonia to become a compelling fuel towards the decarbonisation of shipping. Such factors include the selection of the appropriate ammonia-fuelled power generator, the selection of the appropriate system safety assessment tool, and mitigating measures to address the hazards of ammonia. This paper discusses the state-of-the-art of ammonia fuelled fuel cells for marine applications and presents their potential, and challenges.
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Metzger, Daniel. "Market-based measures and their impact on green shipping technologies." WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs 21, no. 1 (December 23, 2021): 3–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13437-021-00258-8.
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AbstractIn the strategy on the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), market-based measures (MBMs) are considered feasible mid-term measures. Thus, the relevance of MBMs for the shipping industry can be expected to grow in the future and, consequently, carbon and other GHG emissions will impact the investment appraisal for greening technologies. This paper illustrates the impact of carbon pricing on the valuation of greening technologies (especially wind-assisted propulsion technologies) and on the relevant decision-making. In this regard, the straightforward approach of a direct acquisition and installation of the respective technology is considered and compared against innovative financing models, such as shared savings. Hence, the Fuzzy Pay-Off Method (FPOM) is applied in order to visualize the risks and chances linked to MBMs. Due to the economic life of greening technologies, the results are already relevant for today’s investment appraisals, even though carbon pricing has not been enforced so far.
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Schofield, Lisa. "2018 offshore petroleum exploration acreage release." APPEA Journal 58, no. 2 (2018): 465. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj17103.
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The Australian Government’s 2018 offshore petroleum exploration acreage release was announced by the Commonwealth Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Senator the Hon Matthew Canavan at the 2018 APPEA conference. This paper provides insights into the processes that the Australian Government has undertaken to select the final release areas and goes into detail on the ongoing petroleum related activities of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (the Department). The annual acreage release is a central component of ensuring ongoing, sustainable and responsible investment in Australia’s offshore petroleum sector. The annual acreage release remains the primary mechanism for securing investment in offshore oil and gas exploration in areas of known petroleum potential and new geological frontiers. Continued exploration for oil and gas in Commonwealth waters is a central component of ensuring Australia’s future energy security. Australia’s well established and independent environmental regulator, NOPSEMA (the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority), ensures all petroleum activities in Commonwealth waters are performed safely and in an environmentally responsible manner. Combined with NOPTA’s (National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator) leading practice titles administration, Australia remains an attractive investment destination while offering industry leading environmental protections and ensuring safe working conditions industry-wide. Australia offers investors access to data, secure tenure, a stable economic environment and a well-established transparent regulatory system for offshore petroleum activities. A key driver for sustainable activity in Australia is the acceptance of multiple use access to Australia’s marine resources. Recognising this, the department consults with a range of stakeholders on the areas it proposes to release for petroleum exploration. This consultation process provides an opportunity for all interested parties to provide comments and feedback on the areas proposed and in particular highlight how interested parties or the areas might be impacted by exploration activities. The 21 areas in the 2018 offshore petroleum exploration acreage release are located in the offshore areas of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and the Ashmore-Cartier Islands. These areas will enable the next wave of investment in the Australian resources sector, and the prospect of new oil, gas and condensate production.
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Kumar, Neelam Sanjeev, Gokul Chandrasekaran, and Karthikeyan Panjappagounder Rajamanickam. "An Integrated System for Smart Industrial Monitoring System in the Context of Hazards Based on the Internet of Things." International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering 11, no. 1 (February 28, 2021): 123–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.18280/ijsse.110114.
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A huge unexpected upheaval, a blast, or the emanation of any lethal gas because of mishaps, inadequacy or simple carelessness by industry authorities, has brought about innumerable passing’s, wounds and caused huge harms, upsetting the lives of the sufferers' as well as the ages to come. To stay away from any potential debacle of this greatness, this task proposes a modern checking framework dependent on the Internet of Things (IoT). This structure venture makes a mechanical observing framework that identifies abnormal measures of gases, for example, carbon monoxide, LPG, butane, hydrogen which could cause a blast. It additionally screens the dimensions of air contamination ousted by the business together with checking the temperature and dampness levels. If any of the parameters transcends the most extreme security edge, the concerned business authority will be informed. The safety of the industry is ensured by integrating information from various sensors. The system is consistent and steady. It is the best and most prudent method for hardware security observing.
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Gibadullin, Arthur, Irina Abanina, Marina Medvedeva, Lyudmila Shmaneva, Gulnara Alekseeva, and Dmitry Morkovkin. "Assessment of the global energy potential and existing areas of innovative development in the context of environmental safety." E3S Web of Conferences 175 (2020): 14012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202017514012.
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The presented study was devoted to environmental safety in the context of the implementation of energy transfer programs. Among the main transitions, a conservative, innovative and energy transition is singled out, within the framework of which relevant measures are taken to increase the efficiency of the energy industry. The work analyzed plans for various approaches, as a result, it was concluded that in the event of an energy transition, it is planned to reduce oil and gas consumption by up to 20% and increase the consumption of renewable energy sources. The work revealed that the plans should be implemented taking into account the specifics and characteristics of the energy industries, in connection with which, a model for ensuring the energy transition containing mechanisms for decarburization, decentralization and digitalization was proposed for the Russian Federation. At the end of the study, brief conclusions are presented.
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Timofeeva, S. S., and N. A. Popova. "Occupational hazards at the Irkutsk region oil and gas production facilities." Earth sciences and subsoil use 43, no. 4 (January 28, 2021): 476–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.21285/2686-9993-2020-43-4-476-485.
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The oil and gas industry belongs to the high risk activity. Today, the enterprises engaged in this field including oil and gas production facilities implement a risk-based approach, which involves the identification of risk criteria and risk categories, timely reassessment of risks based on updated and formed normative legal documents. In this regard, the purpose of this research is the analysis of the management system of occupational hazards and measures to minimize them using innovations and innovative solutions at the oil and gas production facilities in the Irkutsk region of the Russian Federation. The object of the study is working conditions and occupational hazards at the oil and gas production facilities of two leading oil companies of the Irkutsk region: they are the Irkutsk branch of Gazprom Bureniye LLC and the Irkutsk branch of RN-Bureniye LLC. As a result possible reasons for the discrepancy between the physical factors of the working environment of oil industry workers when pеrforming works on oil rigs are analyzed. Professional risks having been assessed, a register of high-risk professions and hazardous areas of technological processes under the operation of oil and gas drilling rigs has been compiled. The professions studied in this paper are classified as high-risk and medium-risk ones. It is found out that the negative effects of moving machines and mechanisms, general vibration, local vibration, noise, low air temperatures in winter are unacceptable. To minimize unacceptable risks, it is proposed to introduce a low-cost technology for visualizing hazardous areas on a drilling rig with the installation of proven innovative safety barriers in addition to the related training of employees.
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Asad, Muhammad Mujtaba, Razali Bin Hassan, Fahad Sherwani, Muhammad Aamir, Qadir Mehmood Soomro, and Samiullah Sohu. "Design and development of a novel knowledge-based decision support system for industrial safety management at drilling process." Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology 17, no. 4 (August 5, 2019): 705–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jedt-09-2018-0167.
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Purpose Annually, hundreds of drilling crew suffer from major injuries during performing oil and gas drilling operation because of the deficiency of an adequate hazard safety management system for real-time decision-making in hazardous conditions. According to previous studies, there is a sheer industrial need for an effective industrial safety management decision support system for accident prevention at oil and gas drilling sites at both drilling domains. Therefore, this paper aims to focus on the design and development of knowledge base decision support system (KBDSS) for the prevention of hazardous activities at Middle Eastern and South Asian origins’ onshore and offshore oil and gas industries during drilling operations. Design/methodology/approach In this study, data were gathered from safety and health professionals from targeted oil and gas industries in Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan through quantitative and qualitative approaches. Based on identified data, KBDSSs (HAZFO Expert 1.0) were systematically developed and designed by adopting Database Development Life Cycle and Waterfall Software Development Life Cycle models. MySQL and Visual Studio 2015 software were used for developing and designing knowledge base and graphical user interface of the system. Findings KBDSS (HAZFO Expert 1.0) for accident prevention at onshore and offshore oil and gas drilling industries based on identified potential hazards and their suitable controlling measures aligned with international safety standards and regulations. HAZFO Expert 1.0 is a novel KBDSS that covers all onshore and offshore drilling operations with three and nine outputs, respectively, to achieve the current trend of Industry Revolution 4.0 and Industrial IoTs for workforce safety. Practical implications This industrial safety management system (HAZFO Expert 1.0) will be efficiently used for the identification and elimination of potential hazards associated with drilling activities at onshore and offshore drilling sites with an appropriate hazard controlling strategy. Originality/value Moreover, the developed KBDS system is unique in terms of its architecture and is dynamic in nature because it provides HAZFO Expert 1.0 data management and insertion application for authorized users. This is the first KBDSS which covers both drilling domains in Malaysian, Saudi Arabian and Pakistani industries.
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Ruzica Nikolic, Dusan Arsic, Aleksandra Arsic, Zivce Sarkocevic, Dragan Cvetkovic, and Branislav Hadzima. "The Fault Tree Analysis of Causes of the Welded Pipes Failures in Exploitation." Communications - Scientific letters of the University of Zilina 22, no. 1 (January 2, 2020): 62–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.26552/com.c.2020.1.62-70.
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Premature failure or damage of parts and components of the oil and gas well piping, as well as pipelines for transport of oil and gas, are generally caused by the simultaneous influence of a large number of technological, metallurgical, structural and exploitation factors. Therefore, the convenient structural solutions, which provide the mechanical safety of parts and integrity of structures, can be realized only through total comprehension of their behavior in various operation regimes. Importance of technical diagnostics for monitoring and state analysis of welded pipes/pipelines in oil industry is considered in this paper. An analysis of causes of the welded pipes failures in exploitation has been performed through use of the fault tree analysis. Based on the suggested structure of a database, regarding the causes of failure, possibilities are presented to set measures for prevention of damage and failure of welded pipes/pipelines and for extension of their service life. A suggestion for improvement of the organizational scheme for monitoring the state and maintenance of welded pipes/pipelines during the exploitation has been made, as well.
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Kruzhilko, O., V. Maystrenko, O. Polukarov, V. P. Kalinchyk, A. Shulha, A. Vasyliev, and D. Kondratov. "Improvement of the approach to hazard identification and industrial risk management, taking into account the requirements of current legal and regulatory acts." Archives of Materials Science and Engineering 2, no. 105 (October 1, 2020): 65–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.5763.
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Purpose: Improving the systematic approach to planning and rationalizing labour protection measures at oil and gas enterprises, based on the results of hazard identification and industrial risk assessment. At the same time, the main task of the risk management process is to ensure the rights of employees guaranteed by the current legislation, namely, to create proper, safe and healthy working conditions. Design/methodology/approach: A comparative legal method for identifying the features of European and Ukrainian legislation in the occupational safety and health field; a structural-logical method for determining the main directions for the further development of the occupational safety and health management system at enterprises; analysis and generalization of well-known scientific results on the research topic; statistical analysis to identify the relationship between the industrial risk' level and various factors that may affect its value; applied systems analysis and mathematical modelling method for new methodological approaches' development to assessing of hazards' likelihood and their consequences' severity were used. The basis for improving the systematic approach to planning and rationalizing labour protection measures is based on the standard IEC 61882:2001. The statistics are taken from the "Messages" information system, which operates in the State Service of Ukraine on Labour and is designed to collect and process data on occupational injuries. Findings: An analysis of the current legislative and regulatory acts showed promising directions for their improvement. A mathematical model for scoring industrial risk is proposed, which takes into account the relationship between industrial risk and preventive measures and the time of their implementation. The calculation system developed on the basis of the proposed model provided a reduction in the time for processing data and calculating the values of industrial risks by 20...25%. Research limitations/implications: Statistical data on industrial injuries at enterprises of the oil and gas industry of Ukraine for 2018-2019 were used. Practical implications: Implementation of the proposed systematic approach to the organization of occupational safety and health management at enterprises has shown its simplicity and effectiveness, which can induce employers to finance reasonable and timely preventive measures. Originality/value: The method has been improved by decreasing the discreteness step in the assessment of industrial risk components, which has increased its accuracy; by developing a mathematical model for calculating the probability of a hazard, taking into account the frequency with which workers are exposed to danger, which eliminates the need to involve experts for an expert assessment at this stage.
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Sii, H. S., and J. Wang. "A design—decision support framework for evaluation of design options/proposals using a composite structure methodology based on the approximate reasoning approach and the evidential reasoning method." Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering 217, no. 1 (February 1, 2003): 59–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1243/09544080360562990.
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With the cost of construction, operation and maintenance estimates in the multi-millions of pounds, the offshore industry is seeking ways of reducing both the time and money spent in providing the high-quality offshore structures needed to support oil and gas extraction and production. Most real world design evaluation and risk-based decision support combine quantitative and qualitative (linguistic) variables. Decision making based on conventional mathematics that combines qualitative and quantitative concepts always exhibits difficulty in the modelling of actual problems. The successful selection process for choosing a design/procurement proposal is based on a high degree of technical integrity, safety levels and low costs in construction, corrective measures, maintenance, operation, inspection, as well as preventive measures. However, the objectives of maximizing the degree of technical performance, maximizing the safety levels and minimizing the costs incurred are usually in conflict, and the evaluation of the technical performance, safety and costs is always associated with uncertainty, especially for a novel system at the initial concept design stage. In this paper, a design—decision support framework using a composite structure methodology grounded in an approximate reasoning approach and an evidential reasoning method is suggested for design evaluation of offshore engineering products at the initial stages. It is a multiple attribute decision-making (MADM) or multiple-criteria decision-making framework, which provides a juxtaposition of cost, safety, and technical performance and other objectives of a system during evaluation to assist decision makers in selecting the winning design/procurement proposal that best satisfies the requirement in hand. It has also been shown that the formal decision-making techniques such as the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Delphi method can be incorporated with the proposed framework in carrying out design support evaluation. An illustrative example is used to demonstrate the application of the proposed framework.
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El Bouti, Moahamed Younes, and Mohamed Allouch. "Analysis of 801 Work-Related Incidents in the Oil and Gas Industry That Occurred Between 2014 and 2016 in 6 Regions." Energy and Environment Research 8, no. 1 (April 24, 2018): 32. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/eer.v8n1p32.
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Oil and Gas Industry (OGI) faces a number of evolving and various types of risks and hazards that give rise to serious incidents. To conduct this study 801 incidents reports have been numerically analyzed, evaluated and interpreted. These incidents reports covered various severity levels, which have been occurred in 6 regions across the world, from 2014 to 2016. The analysis focused on global oil and gas industry. The study has shown that Occupational Work-related Incidents (OWRIs) occur mostly in October and especially in spring time. In addition, it has pointed out that the region of North America is the most affected area; almost one-third of OWRIs occurs in turbine hall area. Surprisingly, the study also revealed that three-quarters of the OWRIs did not occur in High-Risk Activity (HRA) and half of the incidents took place with no tooling involved. Noticeably, the main recurrent and frequent event was struck against or by (SAoB) that resulted dominantly in slight injuries that required only first aid care, and the most affected body part is the finger by “Cut (Laceration)/ Pinch”. The study has confirmed that the hazardous working environment in OGI was the direct cause for half of the OWRIs. However, based on the revealed results, it will be the assumptions that human factors have a crucial impact on the workplace safety and a contributing factor in the incidents. Some control measures were suggested accordingly.
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Blinova, E. S., and M. A. Nevskaya. "Methane utilization as a resource-saving method inthe coal industry." E3S Web of Conferences 266 (2021): 06002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202126606002.
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Risks of partial or total loss of ecosystems and species due to climate change are currently increasing. Russia is the world’s fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases, which have a detrimental effect on ecosystems. The fuel and energy complex is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases; in this regard, it is precisely the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in this area has the utmost significance.In addition, methane as one of the greenhouse gases is harmful not only for the ecosystem but also for industrial safety, and this is also a sphere of state regulation.Since methane, based on its forecast volumes, may well be mined as an independent mineral product, it is necessary to develop a rational method for its use, since today everything that is mined is emitted into the atmosphere.The report analyzes how coal mining companies are currently using coal-seam methane. The volumes of methane in coal seams in the Russian Federation and in coal basins are analyzed. The world experience in the extraction of coalbed methane as a separate mineral product is investigated. A project is proposed for the rational use of methane as a separate mineral product.The main purpose of the article is to show that resource-saving measures for the use of methane can have not only environmental but also economic effect.A financial model of the project is proposed, which allowed to prove the economic efficiency of the project for the use of methane as a fuel. The article is based on the case method, the method for constructing financial models, the method for assessing risks, the method for analyzing information, etc.
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ERSOY, Sibel, Necla İrem ÖLMEZOĞLU İRİ, Hülya KARADENİZ, Hüseyin Çetin KETENCİ, and Elif ÇELENK KAYA. "Chemical Risk Factors in Work Safety and Security: Carbon Monoxide (CO) Exposition of Workers." Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 11, no. 3 (September 27, 2022): 927–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.37989/gumussagbil.1118582.
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Chemical hazards are at the forefront of the sources of danger that adversely affect the health and safety of employees in working environments. Gaseous chemicals, which are classified as simple asphyxiant, irritant and chemical asphyxiant, carry serious risks for the working environment.
In this study, it is aimed to determine the carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) levels of gasoline distributors, taxi-bus drivers and automotive industry workers in Gümüşhane province, which are exposed to exhaust gases, and to propose occupational health and safety (OHS) measures for them to work in a healthy and safe environment.
In the study, blood samples were taken from the workers who were exposed to CO due to their profession and from the control group who were not exposed to CO, and their COHb saturation percentages were determined by the CO-Oximetry device. An 11-question semi-structured questionnaire was applied to determine the relationships between COHb levels, smoking habits, professional experience, and whether or not they received OHS training, and the results were evaluated with the SPSS program.
As a result of the study, significant differences were revealed between the COHb levels of those exposed to exhaust gas and the control group. When variables such as %COHb levels and the professional experience of the employees, whether they have received OHS training or not, are examined, it is seen that these variables do not affect the result.
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Crowley, Colin, and Dave Ashton. "Technical safety: use of concept risk assessment for field development certainty." APPEA Journal 59, no. 2 (2019): 549. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj18036.
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As technology advances and field development possibilities grow, the need for earlier guidance on the safety performance of concept designs is greater than ever. The SNC-Lavalin concept risk assessment (CRA) tool is a transparent and rapidly deployable model that is based on sound, industry-accepted quantitative risk assessment (QRA) principles. From the earliest stages of field development, when conceptualisation may be vague and data sparse, a wide range and variety of design options can still be assessed effectively and ranked on their safety performance. The CRA tool is proprietary software initially developed with BP and Shell. The model was first calibrated against 10 detailed QRAs, but is regularly benchmarked and updated with the most current failure rate data and has been used on nearly 50 projects globally. The database now incorporates established rule sets from hundreds of detailed QRAs performed, including floating liquefied natural gas and floating storage regasification units. This paper presents a CRA case study for a generic remote offshore field with a range of development options from conventional to minimal offshore facilities. The model calculates the associated risks for the options considered and is presented in terms of individual risk per annum, temporary refuge impairment frequency and potential loss of life. The results highlight the effects of each individual design feature on risk levels by comparison of similar options side by side, noting the main risk contributors and allowing investigation of the benefits of risk reduction measures. This enables identification of the best design features from each of the options and allows an optimised design to be carried forward.