Starting in early 1990s with focus on HC leaks on the Frigg field, the interest in analysis of circumstances and root causes of HC leaks has continued and been further developed through many years work with PSA’s Risk Level Project (RNNP), and lately for several years work for the Norwegian Oil and Gas with Reduction of HC leaks. The number of HC leaks has been reduced almost by a factor of 10 during this period, the scientific production of papers has on the other hand increased considerably.
Papers:
| Vinnem, Hestad, Kvaløy and Skogdalen (2010) | "Analysis of root causes of major hazard precursors (hydrocarbon leaks) in the Norwegian offshore petroleum industry"
Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 95, 1142-1153 |
| Vinnem (2012) | "On the Analysis of Hydrocarbon Leaks in the Norwegian Offshore Industry", Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 25/4, pp. 709–717 |
| Vinnem (2013) | "Use of accident precursor event investigations in the understanding of major hazard risk potential in the Norwegian offshore industry", Journal of Risk and Reliability, 227/1, 66–79 |
| Vinnem (2013) | "On the development of failure model for hydrocarbon leaks during maintenance work in process plants on offshore petroleum installations", Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 113/1, 112–121 |
| Vinnem (2014) | "Analysis of Hydrocarbon Leaks and Verification as an Operational Barrier", Journal of Risk Research, DOI:10.1080/13669877.2014.913661 |
| Vinnem, Røed (2014) | "Norwegian Oil and Gas Industry Project to Reduce Hydrocarbon Leaks," SPE Economics & Management, 672, pp. 88-99 |
