Risk Governance Of Offshore Oil And Gas Operations

"This book evaluates and compares risk regulation and safety management for offshore oil and gas operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Norway, and Australia. It provides an interdisciplinary approach with legal, technological, regulatory, behavioral, and sociological perspectives on these efforts to prevent major accidents and improve safety performance offshore. Presented in three parts, the book begins with discussion of the concept of risk governance, the role and modes of safety regulation, and the behavioral and other factors involved in developing an effective regulatory regime for industrial safety. It then discusses the four regimes for offshore safety, the industry's role, cultural and other contextual influences, and use of safety performance indicators. The final section focuses on the Norwegian regime, which features self-regulation and worker rights, and its capacity to respond to new offshore technologies, emerging risks, near-miss incidents, and other challenges. Discussion throughout the book provides insights about differing types of rules, inspection methods, enforcement, and other issues relevant to the quest for robust regulation and the development of a safety culture for preventing major accidents offshore. This book will be informative for those in government, industry, academia, and elsewhere in society who are interested in industrial safety in general and offshore safety in particular"--Unedited summary from book cover.

שנה

2013

שפה

English

הוצאה

Cambridge University Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

434

ISBN

9781107025547

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