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Barrier Management for Major Hazard Risk

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In this chapter the barrier concepts and philosophy of barrier management are explained, based upon authority requirements and expectations. The way to establish barrier strategies is then discussed, followed by a discussion of the management of barriers in the operations phase. Some examples and challenges are also described.

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  • ISO (1999) Petroleum and natural gas industries—control and mitigation of fires and explosions on offshore production installations—requirements and guidelines, ISO13702:1999

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  • PSA (2013) Principles for barrier management in the petroleum industry, Petroleum Safety Authority (Norway), 29.01.2013

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Vinnem, JE. (2014). Barrier Management for Major Hazard Risk . In: Offshore Risk Assessment vol 2.. Springer Series in Reliability Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5213-2_23

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