Human-reliability analysis for the petroleum industry: Lessons learned from applying SPAR-H

SPE Economics and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 159-164

  De Merwe, Koen Van ^a   Hogenboom, Sandra ^a   Rasmussen, Martin ^b   Laumann, Karin ^b   Gould, Kristian ^c  

^a DNV GL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ERRORS; GASOLINE; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

FITNESS FOR DUTIES; HUMAN ERROR PROBABILITY; HUMAN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; HUMAN/MACHINE INTERFACES; HYDROCARBON LEAKAGE; LITERATURE STUDIES; PERFORMANCE SHAPING FACTORS; QUANTITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

EID: 84908699438     PISSN: 21501173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/168470-pa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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