Safety enhancement is the priority of every organization. Annually millions of dollars are spent to develop procedures and practices to diminish the health, safety and environmental disasters. Monitoring incidents and hazards and performing timely…
Offshore petroleum operations are known to take place in some of the most dangerous environments in the world. Hazardous and flammable gas releases pose significate risk to people and assets located on these platforms. In an effort to reduce exposure…
Safety enhancement is the priority of every organization. Annually millions of dollars are spent to develop procedures and practices to diminish the health, safety and environmental disasters. Monitoring incidents and hazards and performing timely…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been widely applied for Safety Inspection in a number of industrial domains. However, individual company usually could not provide sufficient data to support well-trained AI models. Federated Learning, as a new AI…
Natural Resources businesses span one or more of the following verticals: Explore & Discover, Develop, Extract & Transport, Market & Trade. Natural Gas (NG) is a key component of the Natural Resources industry, which contributes both directly and…
In this paper, we have proposed a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) monitoring and leakage detection system. With the large demand and use of LPG, this system would be helpful to monitor the usage of LPG on a regular basis and to alert about any hazards…
Gas leakage is a major problem which causes vulnerable accidents in the domestic areas, residential premises, industrial sector, etc. Among many other applications, home Security is one of the major concerns due to the increase usage of LPG…
Civil infrastructure provides the range of essential services generally necessary to support a nation's economy and quality of life - arguably entire economies rely on the ability to move goods, people, and information safely and reliably.…
NFPA 59A Standard for the Production, Storage, and Handling of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) requires facilities to have the equipment necessary for the detection and control of fires, leaks and spills of hazardous materials, yet provides no…
In recent years, the global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an energy source is increasing at a very fast rate. In order to meet this demand, a large number of facilities such as platforms, FPSO (floating production, storage and…
EXTENDED ABSTRACT Within the State of California, an extensive infrastructure of storage facilities and transmission pipelines provides natural gas to residential and commercial customers. A project funded by the California Energy Commission is…
Purpose: One of the most important problems in the road fleet transportation of hazardous materials is truck accidents in which the main influential factors are the type of truck and its safety conditions. This research aimed to propose the pattern…
With global warming and 2050 carbon reduction targets, the demand for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) marine transportation continues to increase. LNG carriers that experience emergency unseaworthy accidents at sea have the need for emergency transfer…
Carbon emission has been widely studied in transportation research in general, yet research on carbon emission specifically in hazardous material transportation remains surprisingly limited. This study presents a multi-objective model for locating…
In recent years the oil extraction rate in North America has had ascending trend resulted in numerous accidents such as what happened in 2013 in Lac-Megantic. On the other hand, the pipelines capacity for transfer of hazardous materials is not enough…
The rapid expansion of production of North American petroleum crude oil from shale has led to a significant increase in rail transport of crude oil. Broken rails are frequent causes of train accidents. Ultrasonic rail defect inspection is widely used…
The Camisea Pipelines Transportation System (STD) owned by Transportadora de Gas del Peru (TGP) is operated and maintained by Compania Operadora de Gas del Amazonas (COGA). The system consists of two pipelines: a 730-kilometer long Natural Gas (NG)…
An accidental leakage of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) can occur during processes of production, storage and transportation. LNG has a complex dispersion characteristic after release into the atmosphere. This complex behaviour demands a detailed…
With the advent of large-scale application of hydrogen, transportation becomes crucial. Reusing the existing natural gas transmission system could serve as catalyst for the future hydrogen economy. However, a risk analysis of hydrogen transmission in…
Electrical energy storage (EES) systems consisting of multiple process components and containing intensive amounts of energy present inherent hazards coupled with high operational risks. Although the thermal hazards of batteries have aroused…
This paper deals with the hazards associated with a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) bottling plant. Due to the release of LPG, different possible hazards, such as fireball, jet fire and vapour cloud explosion (VCE), may take place in the bottling…
With global warming and 2050 carbon reduction targets, the demand for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) marine transportation continues to increase. LNG carriers that experience emergency unseaworthy accidents at sea have the need for emergency transfer…
This review systematically reports the pyrolysis of oily sludge (OS) from petroleum industry in regards to its dual features of the energy recovery potential and the environmental risks. The petroleum hydrocarbons are the nonbiodegradable fractions…
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the harm to personnel and equipment caused by an external explosion during natural gas explosion venting. The external explosion characteristics induced by the indoor natural gas explosion are the…
Produced water that detached from petroleum production process is often reimbursed into the surrounding environment. This might have negative impact for environment
As a complex mixture, high-hydrogen-sulfide natural gas has a high risk of poisoning and explosions after leakage. This study combined wind tunnel experiments, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technology, and risk theory to explore the dispersion…
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) categorizes "oil sludge" as a hazardous waste that is subject to hazardous waste handling rules. The oil sludge may contain many different compositions. The challenge is that these sludges cannot be…
The Camisea Pipelines Transportation System (STD) owned by Transportadora de Gas del Peru (TGP) is operated and maintained by Compania Operadora de Gas del Amazonas (COGA). The system consists of two pipelines: a 730-kilometer long Natural Gas (NG)…
Fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, are the primary sources of energy at the moment. However, oil, natural gas, and coal will run out in 53 years, 54 years, and 110 years, respectively, at present production rates. Aside from depleting…
Fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, are the primary sources of energy at the moment. However, oil, natural gas, and coal will run out in 53 years, 54 years, and 110 years, respectively, at present production rates. Aside from depleting…
Management of industrial projects is an important subject that according to environmental issues and healthy of human beings should action in a sustainable route to avoid adverse effects of a project on environment. This necessity is even more viable…
In recent years the oil extraction rate in North America has had ascending trend resulted in numerous accidents such as what happened in 2013 in Lac-Megantic. On the other hand, the pipelines capacity for transfer of hazardous materials is not enough…
With global warming and 2050 carbon reduction targets, the demand for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) marine transportation continues to increase. LNG carriers that experience emergency unseaworthy accidents at sea have the need for emergency transfer…
With the advent of large-scale application of hydrogen, transportation becomes crucial. Reusing the existing natural gas transmission system could serve as catalyst for the future hydrogen economy. However, a risk analysis of hydrogen transmission in…
Maritime transportation, the primary mode for intercontinental movement of crude oil, accounts for 1.7billion tons annually – bulk of which are carried via a fleet of large crude oil tankers. Although spectacular episodes such as Exxon Valdez…
This review systematically reports the pyrolysis of oily sludge (OS) from petroleum industry in regards to its dual features of the energy recovery potential and the environmental risks. The petroleum hydrocarbons are the nonbiodegradable fractions…
BLEVE is a kind of disaster that may cause serious consequences in the process of maritime transportation of liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas. To analyze the accident characteristics of both the external environment and the internal…
The importance of industrial activities in Sfax (Tunisia) lies not only in the local economy boost, but also in the impact on the urban and natural environments. In fact, Sfax is characterized by two major industrial sectors: Phosphate and petroleum…
Management of industrial projects is an important subject that according to environmental issues and healthy of human beings should action in a sustainable route to avoid adverse effects of a project on environment. This necessity is even more viable…
High-voltage transmission lines (TLs) are used to transmit bulk electrical power over long distances. As the voltage of transmission increases, the generated electric field also increases. Very high levels of electric fields generated by high-voltage…
The geological disaster often loses pipeline security to finished oil having bigger effect, from the geology angle studying the effect to the pipeline duty such as landslide, mud-rock flow (geology disaster) being unlike area, and then being that the…
In concerned with high risk of geological hazard and requirements of pipeline integrity management in china, this paper focuses on the monitoring data to the change of the stress and strain of pipe body to establish earlier monitoring warning system…
Emergency rescue of oil pipeline leakage is usually complicated for the high speed escalation and large danger. If the inappropriate response was adopted, more serious consequence may be brought out. The accident process and emergency response of oil…
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is a regulatory collection of general and permanent federal agency rules. This case study is specific to two sections pertaining to the control of corrosion and electrical protection of underground pipe lines and…
Cascading effects of infrastructure failures from terrorist attacks or natural hazards can greatly increase the magnitude of impacts from a failure of any given infrastructure. Interdependencies among infrastructure sectors in part drive these…
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is a regulatory collection of general and permanent rules of federal agencies. This case study is specific to two sections pertaining to the control of corrosion and electrical protection of underground pipe…
Petroleum transportation accidents often cause losses of millions of dollars and take human lives. SIGA (Integrated Anomaly Management System) is an accident/incident reporting system that was designed by the largest petroleum transportation company…
BLEVE is a kind of disaster that may cause serious consequences in the process of maritime transportation of liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas. To analyze the accident characteristics of both the external environment and the internal…
Gasoline refueling stations have existed since the advent of the automobile in the early 1900s. This paper explores the origin of the static electrical discharge hazard that can exist during the refueling process. It has recently (1993) been…