Published 1991 | Version v1
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Quantitative assessment of blowout data as it relates to pollution potential

Creators

  • 1. Japan Drilling Co. (Japan)
  • 2. Neal Adams Firefighters Inc. (United States)

Description

This paper reports on a large blowout database that has been developed. It has been analyzed for various trends and quantitative data relating to blowouts and pollution. Pollution from blowouts is a rate occurrence and has a low probability. However, when an event occurs, it may involve large spill volumes. Blowout trends have been analyzed for some well control purposes. Techniques to mitigate pollution damage from an offshore blowout are presented

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Imprint Place
Richardson, TX (United States)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the first international conference on health, safety and environment in oil and gas exploration and production
Imprint Pagination
841 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 705-714.

Conference

Title
1. international conference on health, safety, and environment in oil and gas exploration and production.
Dates
11-14 Nov 1991.
Place
The Hague (Netherlands).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
23053520
Subject category
S02: PETROLEUM;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BLOWOUTS; DATA BASE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; OFFSHORE OPERATIONS; OIL SPILLS; OIL WELLS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY STANDARDS
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; CONTROL; MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; WELLS

Optional Information

Notes
Imprint:Technical Paper SPE 23289.
Secondary number(s)
CONF-911110--.