Application of ALARP to the design of the BP Andrew platform against smoke and gas ingress and gas explosion

Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 317-322

  Tam, Vincent ^a   Moros, Thanos ^a   Webb, Simon ^a   Allinson, John ^a   Lee, Ron ^b   Bilimoria, Edi ^b  

^a BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Brown and Root   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALARP; Andrew Project; Design; Gas cloud accumulation; Gas explosion; Smoke

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EXPLOSIONS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AS LOW AS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE (ALARP) PRINCIPLE; GAS CLOUD ACCUMULATION; GAS EXPLOSIONS; TEMPORARY REFUGE IMPAIRMENT;

PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

EID: 0030231849     PISSN: 09504230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0950-4230(96)00008-3     Document Type: Article

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