Risk analysis of collisions during FPSO offloading operations

Author

Zhou Tao-tao ; Sun Hai ; Jing Hai-long ; Tang, Ting

Author_Institution

Coll. of Aerosp. & Civil Eng., Harbin Eng. Univ., Harbin, China

fYear

2011

fDate

25-27 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

227

Lastpage

233

Abstract

Collisions are studied as the main risks of floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) offloading operations in this paper. The large application of FPSO in offshore industry has highlighted the safety issues during offloading operation. Firstly, the research progress about offshore collisions and the related risk analysis methods are studied. Secondly, a compact analysis of collisions and near miss cases is done in order to identify the risk factors associated with the collisions. The results are illustrated using fault tree analysis method. Finally, qualitative analyses of collisions are discussed regarding excessive surge and horizontal oscillation based on the feature of FPSO operations in China seas. The status of FPSO with diverse relative positions is studied and the corresponding risk control measures are presented. The works herein are instructive for the operation process during FPSO offloading.

Keywords

fault trees; loading; logistics; occupational safety; risk analysis; storage; China; FPSO offloading operations; fault tree analysis; floating production storage offloading operations; offloading operations safety; offshore collisions; offshore industry; risk analysis; risk control; risk factors identification; Accidents; Fault trees; Force; Oscillators; Propellers; Surges; FPSO; excessive surge; horizontal oscillation; measures; risks; tandem offloading;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Harbin, Heilongjiang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0369-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCRAM.2011.6184110

Filename

6184110