Crises in Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries: Loss Prevention and Disaster Management

ISBN-13: 9780323951630 / Angielski

Mohammad Reza Rahimpour; Babak Omidvar; Nazanin Abrishami Shirazi

Spis treści

Section I: Basics in oil, gas and petrochemical industries

1. Introduction to safe design and standards

2. Instruments vulnerability and resiliency

3. Risk analysis and hazard probabilities

Section II: Pre-disaster strategies in oil, gas and petrochemical industries

4. Heat generation and exchange systems safety: Furnaces, heat exchangers, reformers, etc

5. Pressurizing and work generation systems: compressors, turbines, etc

6. Reaction mediums and apparatus safety: reactors, columns, etc

7. Separation and purification apparatus safety: separators, trays, towers etc

8. Storage systems safety: vessels, reservoirs, etc

9. Chemicals Transporting Systems Safety: Pumps, Pipelines, and Valves

10. Safety in controlling systems and apparatus

11. Resilient units design and plant construction against future crises

Section III: During and postdisaster strategies in oil, gas and petrochemical industries

12. Crisis Management and Decision Making

Section IV: Post-disaster management in oil, gas and petrochemical industries

13. Post-disasters issues and problems

14. Economic analysis of disasters

Section V: Disaster case studies

15. Disasters cases in oil industry

16. Disasters cases in gas industry

17. Effectiveness of Floating Roof Sealing System Insulation for Crude-Oil Storage Tanks: A Case Study of Lightning Strikes

18. Explosion and Fire Following Earthquake Risk Assessment of Gas Pipelines in Urban Areas