The change in safety management for offshore oil and gas production systems

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 143-148

  Crawley, F K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Offshore safety; Piper Alpha; Self regulation; Trends

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

OFFSHORE SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 0032635957     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/095758299529956     Document Type: Article

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