Apr

Alert over Indonesia oil leak

An oil leak and a subsequent fire killed at least 4 people in Balikpapan, an Indonesian oil town in the East Kalimantan province. A state of emergency was declared post the leak. The oil leak has stretched over 7 square miles and has contaminated the sea and the air. The port city, which has a […]

Oct

Risk criteria – What is the acceptable limit of risk?

oil and gas safety

risk assessment, risk criteria

Risk criteria are defined by ISO as ‘terms of reference against which the significance of a risk is evaluated’. A common approach is to divide the risk spectrum into three broad regions, where the highest risk is termed as unacceptable; lowest as acceptable and the middle region is known as ALARP (as low as reasonably […]

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