Safety and risk analysis of managed pressure drilling operation using Bayesian network

Safety Science

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 133-144

  Abimbola, Majeed ^a   Khan, Faisal ^a   Khakzad, Nima ^a   Butt, Stephen ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian network analysis; Blowout prevention; Bow tie approach; Managed pressure drilling; Rotating control device

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BLOWOUT PREVENTION; BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; DRILLING PLATFORMS; ENERGY RESOURCES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OFFSHORE DRILLING; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; WELL DRILLING;

BOW TIE; CONSTANT BOTTOM-HOLE PRESSURES; EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT; MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING; NON-PRODUCTIVE TIME; OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTS; ROTATING CONTROL DEVICES; UNDERBALANCED DRILLING TECHNIQUES;

UNDERBALANCED DRILLING;

ARTICLE; BAYESIAN NETWORK; BOW TIE MODEL; CONSTANT BOTTOM HOLLE PRESSURE DRILLING; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; DUAL GRADIENT DRILLING; MANAGED PRESSURE DRILLING; MATERIALS HANDLING; MODEL; PRESSURIZED MUD CAP DRILLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROCESSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATING CONTROL DEVICE; SAFETY;

EID: 84925067459     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2015.01.010     Document Type: Article

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