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Resilience Analysis of a Remote Offshore Oil and Gas Facility for a Potential Hydrocarbon Release
Author(s) -
Sarwar Adnan,
Khan Faisal,
Abimbola Majeed,
James Lesley
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/risa.12974
Subject(s) - adaptability , maintainability , resilience (materials science) , risk analysis (engineering) , reliability engineering , computer science , vulnerability (computing) , environmental science , environmental resource management , systems engineering , engineering , computer security , business , ecology , physics , biology , thermodynamics
Resilience is the capability of a system to adjust its functionality during a disturbance or perturbation. The present work attempts to quantify resilience as a function of reliability, vulnerability, and maintainability. The approach assesses proactive and reactive defense mechanisms along with operational factors to respond to unwanted disturbances and perturbation. This article employs a Bayesian network format to build a resilience model. The application of the model is tested on hydrocarbon‐release scenarios during an offloading operation in a remote and harsh environment. The model identifies requirements for robust recovery and adaptability during an unplanned scenario related to a hydrocarbon release. This study attempts to relate the resilience capacity of a system to the system's absorptive, adaptive, and restorative capacities. These factors influence predisaster and postdisaster strategies that can be mapped to enhance the resilience of the system.