Risk control in the well drilling phase: BOP system reliability assessment
Year: 2015
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: The blowout preventer (BOP) is the main well control device used to ensure the safety of well\ndrilling and intervention operations. The BOP is qualified for the demanding conditions that may come from\nuncontrolled flow in the well. However, recent accidents and near misses also show that the BOP fails from\ntime to time. The oil and gas industry has been collecting experience data for BOP systems over many decades,\nand several reports on BOP safety and reliability performance has been published based on this data. The BOP\nreceived increased attention after the Macondo well blowout in 2010, and previous BOP safety and reliability\nperformance estimates have been challenged. The objective of this paper is to evaluate some of the recent safety\nand reliability studies published on BOP systems. Based on the evaluation a new approach for safety and reliability\nassessment of BOP stack closure elements is presented with a case study for demonstrating its application.\nThe main benefit of the proposed approach is a more efficient explicit trade-off analysis, where the effect of\ndifferent maintenance strategies are evaluated against typical BOP safety availability targets.
Source: CRC Press eBooks
DOI: 10.1201/b19094-101
Authors: G Strand, M Lundteigen
Language: English
Topic: Risk and Safety Analysis
Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2500796032