Improving the Safety of Marine Pipelines.

Improving the Safety of Marine Pipelines.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staff, National Research Council
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1900.
Subjects:
Underwater pipelines > United States > Safety measures.
Underwater pipelines > Safety measures
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Improving the Safety of Marine Pipelines""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""SHARED REGULATORY JURISDICTION""; ""SAFETY EXPERIENCE""; ""MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF MARINE PIPELINES""; ""AVOIDING OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE WITH PIPELINES""; ""PLACING RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY""; ""MAJOR CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""1 Introduction""; ""DIVIDED REGULATORY RESPONSIBILITIES""; ""SAFETY CONCERNS""; ""SCOPE OF THE STUDY""; ""INADEQUATE SAFETY DATA""; ""FINDINGS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Safety Experience""; ""DATA SOURCES""; ""LIMITATIONS OF THE SAFETY DATA""
  • ""Minerals Management Service""""Office of Pipeline Safety""; ""U.S. Coast Guard, National Response Center""; ""State Agencies""; ""PREVIOUS STUDIES""; ""The Woodson Data Base""; ""Other Studies""; ""CAUSES OF FAILURE""; ""CONSEQUENCES OF PIPELINE FAILURES""; ""Deaths and Serious Injuries""; ""Pollution""; ""Economic Costs""; ""FINDINGS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Risk Analysis: Hazards and Zonation""; ""DEVELOPING A PROTOTYPE MODEL: DECISION VARIABLES AND CRITERIA""; ""Decisions""; ""Decision Criteria and Relevant Outcomes""; ""STRUCTURE OF THE RISK ANALYSIS MODEL (ZONATION)""
  • ""Choosing the Model's Complexity""""Modeling Change Over Time""; ""DATA SETS AND BIASES""; ""ESTABLISHING SAFETY GOALS""; ""FINDINGS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Maintaining the Integrity of the Marine Pipeline Network""; ""CORROSION CONTROL""; ""External Corrosion Protection""; ""Internal Corrosion Protection""; ""MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION""; ""External Inspection""; ""Internal Inspection""; ""Pressure-Testing""; ""In-Line Inspection Devices""; ""Limitations of Offshore Use""; ""Recent Reports on Smart Pigging""; ""Alternative Inspection Measures""
  • ""Inspection Requirements of Regulatory Agencies""""Office of Pipeline Safety""; ""Minerals Management Service""; ""DETECTING AND LIMITING LEAKS""; ""Routine Operations""; ""Complementary Leak Detection Techniques""; ""Visual Surveillance""; ""Manual Line-Balance Calculations""; ""Automatic Leak Detection Systems""; ""Setpoint-Limit Control Systems""; ""SCADA-Based Line-Balance Systems""; ""Future Leak Detection Technology""; ""Responding to Leaks and Other Emergencies""; ""Emergency Shutdown and Platform Isolation Systems""; ""Regulatory Requirements""
  • ""Identifying and Notifying the Responsible Operator""""FINDINGS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 Avoiding Outside Interference with Pipelines""; ""COEXISTING ACTIVITIES""; ""Oil and Gas Field Activities""; ""Fishing""; ""Cargo and Other Traffic""; ""NEARSHORE AND COASTAL DYNAMICS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO""; ""Texas Barrier Island System""; ""Strandplain-Chenier Plain System""; ""Mississippi Delta System""; ""North-Central Gulf Coast System""; ""PIPELINE AVOIDANCE TECHNIQUES FOR VESSELS""; ""The Role of Technology in Pipeline Avoidance""; ""Position Location Techniques""

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