Case studies in the Oil and Gas industry Piper Alpha Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Ltd. The platform began production in 1976‚ first as an oil platform and then later converted to gas production. An explosion and resulting fire destroyed it on July 6‚ 1988‚ killing 167 men‚ with only 59 survivors. The death toll includes 2 crewmen of a rescue vessel. Total insured loss was about £1.7 billion (US$ 3.4 billion). At the time of
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Conflict Kris Stephens BUS 5903 Conflict Resolution Dr. Jacqueline Gilliard Kstephens1@twu.edu August 22‚ 2010 Executive Summary British Petroleum (BP) is one of the largest oil companies in the world. They have recently been making the headlines for all the wrong reasons after suffering a record breaking oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Tony Hayward‚ former CEO‚ has been criticized for his handling
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Abstract: The accident that happened aboard the offshore platform Piper Alpha in This summer 1988 wiped out 167 people and price vast amounts of dollars in damage to property. It had been triggered with a massive fire that was not caused by an unpredictable “act of God” but of an amount of errors and questionable choices. Many of them were rooted within the organization‚ its structure‚ methods‚ and culture. These business factors are generalizable with other industries and engineering systems.
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MOHAMED ELAMIN | 15795 | 4 | UMOH ETIMBUK BASSEY | 15649 | 5 | SHERZOD KAMILOV | 14181 | This assignment is based on a comparative analysis of offshore structures. FIXED PLATFORMS BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Fixed platforms‚ like the name imply are platforms that are fixed to the sea bed. The legs of these platforms are made of concrete or steel or in some cases both concrete and steel. These legs extend all the way to the bottom of the sea. It could either be fixed or weighed down to the sea
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Abstract The explosion accident that occurred on board the offshore platform Piper Alpha in July 1988‚ it killed 165 people and cost billions of dollars in property damage. It was caused by a massive fire‚ which was not the result of an unpredictable accident but caused by accumulation of errors and questionable decisions. The destruction of the platform by an explosion and the subsequent massive oil and gas fire showed that the potential hazards of the offshore industry were greater than had been
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Sea Piper Alpha Disaster July 6‚ 1988‚ Piper Oilfield‚ North Sea: As shifts changed and the night crew aboard Piper Alpha assumed duties for the evening‚ one of the platform’s two condensate pumps failed. The crew worked to resolve the issue before platform production was affected. But unknown to the night shift‚ the failure occurred only hours after a critical pressure safety valve had just been removed from the other condensate pump system and was temporarily replaced with a hand-tightened blind flange
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collaboration with Qatar Petroleum (QP)‚ the Bulhanine and Maydan Mahzam project. Sime Darby has been awarded a RM265 million contract to build wellhead platforms where the scope of works in the contract covers three wellhead platforms‚ installation of about 40 kilometres of pipeline‚ 23 kilometres of umbilical and alteration to existing platforms. It started in April 2006 and supposedly completed in August 2008. However‚ the division has encountered delays and cost overruns which resulted in losses
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reasons? -In February 1995‚ the British Government approved a proposal by Shell UK for deep sea disposal of the 14‚500 tone‚ 463ft Brent Spar oil storage and loading buoy in the north Atlantic. There followed a sustained‚ highly publicized campaign by Greenpeace‚ backed by European governments and public‚ which included occupation of the oil platform by Greenpeace activists. The incident proved to be a turning point in the history and laid behind many learning:- 1. A well–organised consumer
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interface connections‚ the monitor‚ keyboard‚ and mouse. A cybercrime suspect with a computer anywhere in the world can attempt to take control or “hack” into networks. For example‚ a hacker attempted to take control of an offshore oil rig manned by an unmanned robot platform‚ controlled wirelessly by onshore personnel (Grant‚ 2009). 2) External drives‚ removable media‚ thumb drives‚ memory cards. These may contain information such as e-mail messages‚ internet browsing history‚ chat logs‚ pictures
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Excelsior College Summary During a 19 month study of life on two oil platforms that included living‚ eating‚ and working alongside crews offshore‚ the key finding was that extinguishing macho behavior is vital to achieving top performance. Oil rigs are dirty‚ dangerous‚ and demanding workplaces that have traditionally encouraged displays of masculine strength‚ daring‚ and technical prowess. Over the past 15 years or so the platforms have shifted this macho type of culture to one where men can admits
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