Reliability assessment of safety instrumented systems in the oil and gas industry: A practical approach and a case study

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-212

  Lundteigen, Mary Ann ^a   Rausand, Marvin ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Common cause failures; Fault tree analysis; Reliability; Reliability block diagram; Workover system

Indexed keywords

COMMON CAUSE FAILURE; COMMON CAUSE FAILURES; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; DESIGN ENGINEERS; MINIMAL CUT SETS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; POST PROCESSING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS METHOD; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; RELIABILITY BLOCK DIAGRAM; SAFETY INSTRUMENTED FUNCTION; SAFETY INSTRUMENTED SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE TOOL; SUBSEA OIL; WORKOVER; WORKOVER SYSTEM;

FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; GAS INDUSTRY; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; NATURAL GAS WELLS; OIL WELLS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 68449088483     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218539309003356     Document Type: Article

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