Oil and Gas Pipeline Fault Tree Analysis

The fault tree method was developed at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in the early 1960s to perform an analysis of the Minuteman Launch Control System with respect to safety [9]. Currently, the method is widely used around the globe for performing various types of reliability and safety studies. The method is described in detail in Chapter 4. 

the application of this method to perform oil-gas long pipeline failure analysis is demonstrated through the following two examples [10]. 

Assume that an oil-gas pipeline failure can occtu due to any of the following events pipeline with defects, material with poor mechanical properties, misoperation, pipeline with serious corrosion, and third-party damage. The occurrences of four of these events are described below  

The event pipeline with defects can be either due to pipeline with construction defects or pipeline with initial defects. 

The event misoperation can be due to design misoperation, operate misoperation, or maintain misoperation. 

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Chapter 9 presents various important aspects of oil and gas industry accident data and accident data analysis. Some of the topics covered in this chapter are oil and gas industry accident databases, onshore and offshore oil and gas industry accident data analysis, and offshore oil and gas rigs accident analysis. Chapter 10 is devoted to oil and gas industry equipment reliability and covers topics such as oil and gas pipeline fault tree analysis, corrosion-related failures, optical connector failures, and fatigue damage initiation assessment in oil and gas steel pipes. 

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