Safety and reliability improvements of valves and actuators for the offshore oil and gas industry through optimized design

• Published in: Life Cycle Reliability and Safety Engineering
• Main Author: Sotoodeh, Karan
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Stavanger, University of Stavanger 2021
• Subjects: valves; korrosjon; safety and reliability; offshore; olje- og gassnæringen; olje og gass; VDP::Teknologi: 500::Berg‑ og petroleumsfag: 510::Petroleumsteknologi: 512; Gass; Arctic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2730220

Valves are essential components of piping systems in the oil and gas industry, especially offshore, where they are used for stopping or starting the fluid, flow regulation, and back flow prevention, as well as safety reasons. The efficiency, safety and reliability of an oil and gas plant is largely...