On risk assessment in the petroleum activities on the Norwegian and UK continental shelves

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 21-29

  Aven, Terje ^a   Pitblado, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b DNV GL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

RISK ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA; RISK ANALYSES; RISK COMMUNICATION; RISK INTERPRETATIONS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032108677     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0951-8320(98)80002-1     Document Type: Article

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