A Zero Accident Strategy for Oil Pipelines: Enhancing HSE Performance

摘要

This work provides options to reduce the number of oil pipeline adverse events caused by human actions,poor performance of facilities,accidents,emergencies,and external events.These alternatives provideuseful tools to decision makers to prevent such events and improve the security,integrity and resilienceof existing oil and gas transportation infrastructure.This research implements an in-house visualizationsoftware that is based on Structured Query Language(SQL),Geographic Information Systems(GIS),andpublicly available data.The system stores,sorts,and processes strategic geo-referenced data: pipelinesinfrastructure,transported volumes,sociodemographic factors,land use,illegal pipeline taps,and areaimpacted by oil pipelines incidents.By identifying the main factors that could impact the pipelineinfrastructure,the system generates several graphical representations to assist in risk analysis.The workalso analyses and proposes improved pipeline monitoring systems,emergency responses protocols,andnon-technical tools to address operational and safety challenges for oil pipelines near local communities.The results provide valuable information for the formulation of policy and regulations to enhance pipelinesafety.This work develops a comprehensive strategy based on data analysis,monitoring systems,emergencyresponse protocols and non-technical tools to assist decision makers to improve operational safety andprevent events that could cause serious damage to local communities.