Assessment of the Risk of Oil Spills from Offshore Drilling

A risk assessment was conducted of potential oil spills from a floating drilling system in the Beaufort sea. The study used analysis of historic data as well as fault tree and event tree analyses. A quantitative assessment of the risk was given and recommendations for further risk reduction were made. Staff: M. Nessim

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