Analyses of incident data show US, European pipelines becoming safer

Oil and Gas Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 68-73

  Guijt, Wim ^a  

^a Tebodin Consultants and Engineers   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GAS PIPELINES; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM PIPELINES;

PIPELINE TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE;

GAS INDUSTRY;

HYDROCARBON PIPELINE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PIPELINE; SAFETY;

EID: 1142268774     PISSN: 00301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. th EGIG-report 1970-2001 Gas pipeline incidents, Doc. Number: EGIG 02.R.0058, 5th Report of the European Gas Pipeline Incident Data Group (EGIG), December 2002.
2. Western European cross-country oil pipelines 30-year performance statistics, CONCAWE Report No. 1/02, February 2002.
3. Performance of European cross-country oil pipelines, Statistical summary of reported spillages-2001, CONCAWE Report No. 1/03, February 2003.
4. US Department of Transportation: http://ops.dot.gov/stats.htm
5. Pipeline incident frequencies and causes for European and US Oil & Gas transmission systems, prepared by Wim Guijt, Tebodin Consultants & Engineers for NEN, Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut, document No. 26335-50 71,0001, Mar. 4, 2002.
6. An assessment of measures in use for gas pipelines to mitigate against damage caused by third-party activity, prepared by W.S. Atkins Consultants Ltd. for the Health and Safety Executive, Contract Research Report 372/2001.
7. The Influence of Land Use and Depth of Cover on Failure Rate of Gas Transmission Pipelines, by Eric Jager, Robert Kuik, Jeroen Zanting (Gasunie Research), and Gerard Stallenberg (Gasunie Transport Services), proceedings of IPC 2002, International Pipeline Conference Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2002, Calgary.
8. The Application of Risk Techniques to the Design and Operation of Pipelines, I. Corder BSc, British Gas, C502/016/95.