Volume 13 Issue 3 February - April 2018
Research Paper
P. Praveen Kumar *, T. Ananth Kumar
**
* Assistant Professor, Department of
Computer Science and Engineering, IFET College of Engineering, Viluppuram,
Tamil Nadu, India..
** Assistant Professor, Department of
Electronics and Communication Engineering, IFET College of Engineering,
Viluppuram,Tamil Nadu, India.
Kumar, P. P., and Kumar, T. A.
(2018). Risk Analysis on Drilling Rig in Oil and Natural Gas Using Engineering
Tools.i-manager’s Journal on Future Engineering and Technology,13(3),50-57 https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.13.3.14231
Abstract
Drilling Rig safety
emphasizes on the identification of Hazards during the drilling operation.
Availability and Maintenance of Safety and Firefighting equipment, in line with
the drilling operation emphasizes on training and awareness of the employees and
workers associated with the operation. Accident reporting and investigation are
seriously taken up for identifying the root cause of the accident and to avoid
the reoccurrence. Special emphasis is given to Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE) for protection of the employees working in critical areas. The accident
dates should be collected and analyzed correctly. Risk Analysis is an effective
tool to assess the various risks present in the rig, which is continuously
getting sophisticated to identify possible hazards, quantify them and to
implement required mitigation measures. Since the Degasser and Shale Shaker are
identified as severe hazard equipments by Fire and Explosion Index (F & EI)
and Event Tree Analysis (ETA), Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) study is carried
out which recommends some more, in addition to the safeguards available there
for the safe operation of the unit. The probabilities are also found out for
the head events using ETA techniques and minimal cut sets are also found out
for a single head event. This paper concludes with suitable recommendations to
the drilling rig to mitigate the hazards.
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