Terrain and geohazard challenges facing onshore oil and gas pipelines: Historic risks and modern responses

摘要

The objective here is to set the scene for the Conference. Landslides in rugged terrain will be "used as an example to illustrate the risks in traditional practice, and the need that arose for a step change in approaches, and for a collaboration between pipeliners and geoengineers. Quantified Risk Assessment illustrates the impact of this terrain risk on pipeline routing and hazard mitigation. Some suggestions will be made from experience on the technology toolkit, the management processes, and the skills and relationships required for the collaboration to work well, and on the more difficult issues that need to be addressed.