Causes, cost consequences, and risk implications of accidents in US hazardous liquid pipeline infrastructure

International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 38-50

  Restrepo, Carlos E ^a   Simonoff, Jeffrey S ^b   Zimmerman, Rae ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazardous liquid pipelines; Oil; Petroleum products; Risk assessment; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT CAUSE; ACCIDENT CHARACTERISTICS; ACCIDENT COSTS; ANALYTICAL TOOLS; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; DECISION-MAKERS; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINES; HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS; HIGH CONSEQUENCE AREAS; LEAST SQUARES REGRESSIONS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; LOSS COSTS; NONZERO VALUES; OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETIES; OIL; ONSHORE LOCATIONS; PIPE-LINE SYSTEMS; PIPELINE ACCIDENTS; PROPERTY DAMAGES; RECOVERY COSTS; REGRESSION MODELS; RISK FACTORS; US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONS; WELD FAILURES;

ACCIDENTS; COSTS; CURVE FITTING; HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; HYDROCARBONS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIQUIDS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; PIPELINES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 64749112152     PISSN: 18745482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcip.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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