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6. Security and economic context
6.1 Safety context
Safety is of the utmost importance for all gas installations, especially those at sea, where operating conditions are particularly difficult. The explosion that destroyed the BP Deep Horizon platform on the Macondo field in the Gulf of Mexico claimed eleven lives and caused the worst offshore pollution on record in the USA. The accident occurred on an oil field. In the case of the Piper Alpha accident in the North Sea, the gas contained in the export line spilled onto the platform, causing an explosion that destroyed the platform, saving the lives of only 62 of the 229 crew members. Since these accidents, Subsea Isolation Valves (SSIV) have been installed on the incoming and outgoing gas lines
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Bibliography
Websites
ALLSEAS – Offshore International Contractor http://allseas.com
Colorado Center For Astrodynamic Research, University of Colorado at Boulder, Space-based ocean observations https://www.colorado.edu/ccar/research
Gulfbase – Gulf of Mexico...
Events
ISOPE – Annual conference of The International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers. Around a thousand papers are presented each year. These papers are peer-reviewed. http://www.isope.org
Offshore Technology Conference – Exhibition and conference held in Houston every year during the first week of May. Over 100,000 people attended in 2014....
Standards and norms
The list below is only a very small sample, arbitrarily limited to those mentioned in the article.
- Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings : NPS 1/2 through NPS 24 Metric/Inch - ANSI/ASME B16.5 - 2013
- Guidelines for Trenching design of submarine pipelines, Trevor Jee - HSE OTH 561 - 1999
- Production Facilities on Offshore structures - API RP 2G - 1974
- Specification for Oil and...
Regulations
SOLAS Safety of Life at Sea, London, IMO (International Maritime Organization)
UNCLOS United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea
Directory
Manufacturers – Suppliers – Distributors (non-exhaustive list)
See Companies Directory 2016 published by EVOLEN http://www.evolen.org
Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
EVOLEN http://www.evolen.org
Laboratories...
Statistical and economic data
CEDIGAZ, The International Association for Natural Gas
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