Environmental risk influencing factors for petroleum drilling in the western Barents Sea

• Main Author: Sætrum, Tina
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitetet i Tromsø 2013
• Subjects: VDP::Teknologi: 500::Marin teknologi: 580; VDP::Technology: 500::Marine technology: 580; VDP::Teknologi: 500::Miljøteknologi: 610; VDP::Technology: 500::Environmental engineering: 610; TEK-3901; Barents Sea; Bjørnøya
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/8157

Offshore petroleum drilling in harsh and cold environment, like in the Barents Sea, can be challenging and risky due to the prevailing weather condition. How the physical environment affects systems, components, and working environment has to be enlightened in order to operate safely. The vulnerable...