Target reliability levels for design and assessment of onshore natural gas pipelines

Proceedings of the Biennial International Pipeline Conference, IPC

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2501-2512

  Nessim, Mäher ^a   Zhou, Wenxing ^a   Zhou, Joe ^b   Rothwell, Brian ^b   McLamb, Martin ^c  

^a C FER Technologies   (Canada)

^b TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LIMITED   (Canada)

^c BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CALIBRATION; CODES (STANDARDS); PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DESIGN CODES; PIPELINE DESIGN; RISK AVERSION FUNCTION; SOCIETAL RISK;

NATURAL GAS PIPELINES;

EID: 18144402853     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ipc2004-0321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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