Probability of Failure Based on Basic Engineering Principles All plausible failure mechanisms must be included in the assessment of PoF. Every failure mechanism must be properly measured by independently measuring the following three elements: Exposure (attack) – The unmitigated aggressiveness of the force or process that may precipitate failure. This includes external forces, corrosion, cracking, […]
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Essential elements
The essential elements of risk assessment (pdf file) Developments Towards a Unified Pipeline Risk Assessment Approach – Essential Elements (pdf file) Reprint from Pipeline and Gas Journal (pdf file)
What is new here?
The outlook for pipeline risk assessment: an interview with W. Kent Muhlbauer Read the article… (pdf)
Risk Assessment is an investigative journey
Formal risk management has become an essential part of pipelining. As an engineered structure placed in a constantly changing natural environment, a pipeline can be a complex thing. Good risk assessment is an investigation into that complexity; providing an approachable, understandable, manageable incorporation of the physical processes potentially acting on a pipeline: external forces, corrosion, […]
Risk analyses tools versus risk assessment models
Recent publications on pipeline risk assessment methodologies highlight some confusion regarding tools and models. There are many useful risk analyses tools that are not risk models — that is, they cannot be used to produce a full risk assessment. See section 3.1 in the text for a complete discussion, but in a nutshell, techniques such […]
The Definitive Approach
(‘Definitive’? c’mon, really?) Definitive is indeed a strong word, not to be taken lightly. It is used here because the pipeline risk assessment methodology described herein is more efficient (cheaper to set up and use), more intuitive, and more accurate than any competing approach. Since it emerges from first principles of science, it is also […]