Safety and Risk Management in the New Generation of Digitalized Oil and Gas Operations in Harsh Environment

恶劣环境下新一代数字化油气作业的安全与风险管理

• 批准号: RGPIN-2020-05004
• 负责人: Khan, Faisal
• 金额: $ 6.56万
• 依托单位: Memorial University of Newfoundland
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=717488
• 关键词: Safety; Risk; Management; New; Generation

Offshore oil and gas exploration and production activities have evolved from shallow water to large-scale facilities in deeper water and harsh environments (i.e., extreme temperatures, wind, wave, and ice conditions). Discoveries off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador (e.g., Orphan Basin and Flemish Pass Basin) are examples of the growth in large energy prospects in remote and harsh environments. The risks associated with these developments are significant, e.g., technological risks, natural hazards, remoteness, and process hazards. The 2010 accident in the Gulf of Mexico during hydrocarbon exploration underscored these risks. Accidents resulting in oil/gas release, fires, and explosions cause damage to equipment, the environment, and reputation of the industry in addition to financial losses, injuries, and fatalities. These accidents are major concerns for hydrocarbon exploration and production in frontier areas. The recent advance of digital technologies in the lifecycle of offshore oil and gas development can assist in efficiency, communication, system monitoring, and in many cases, minimize human dependence for repetitive and often dangerous tasks. However, it introduces complexity in engineering systems and results in heavy reliance on electronic systems, data processing and transmission, data encryption, and integrated systems. These are vulnerable to malfunction and susceptible to failure, which is prone to evolving hazards. This research program aims to study the evolving hazards and develop an integrated framework with new tools to improve safety and analyze data security risks. The application is in offshore oil and gas production and processing in harsh environments. This research program will contribute to i) better understanding of safety and security risks associated with digitalization of engineering systems in a harsh environment; ii) more in-depth understanding of evolving accident mechanisms (release, dispersion, fire, and explosion) in cold regions (arctic and subarctic conditions) induced by process hazards, data failure, and environmental parameters; and iii) mathematical models to analyze safety and data security risks in evolving operational and environmental conditions.

海上石油和天然气勘探和生产活动已从浅水和更严格的环境（即极端温度，风，波浪和冰条件）中的大规模设施演变为大规模的设施。纽芬兰和拉布拉多沿岸的发现（例如，孤儿盆地和佛兰德通行证盆地）是偏远和严峻环境中巨大能源前景增长的例子。与这些发展相关的风险很大，例如技术风险，自然危害，远程危害和过程危害。碳氢化合物勘探期间墨西哥湾2010年的事故强调了这些风险。导致石油/天然气释放，火灾和爆炸的事故对设备，环境和声誉造成了损失，伤害和死亡的损失。这些事故是边境地区碳氢化合物勘探和生产的主要问题。 数字技术在海上石油和天然气开发的生命周期中的最新进展可以帮助提高效率，通信，系统监测，并且在许多情况下，可以最大程度地减少人类对重复性且通常是危险任务的依赖。但是，它引入了工程系统中的复杂性，并极大地依赖电子系统，数据处理和传输，数据加密和集成系统。这些容易出现故障，容易受到失败的影响，这很容易发生危害。 该研究计划旨在研究不断发展的危害，并使用新工具开发一个集成的框架，以提高安全性并分析数据安全风险。该应用在恶劣环境中的海上石油和天然气生产和加工中。 该研究计划将有助于i）更好地理解与严峻环境中工程系统数字化相关的安全和保障风险； ii）在寒冷区域（北极和亚北极条件）中，对不断发展的事故机制（释放，分散，火和爆炸）进行了更深入的了解，该过程危害，数据故障和环境参数引起的； iii）数学模型，以分析不断发展的操作和环境条件下的安全性和数据安全风险。