Risk Management

With Applications from the Offshore Petroleum Industry
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-84996-638-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 330 g

Reihe: Springer Series in Reliability Engineering

This book presents a risk management framework designed to achieve better decisions and more desirable outcomes. It presents an in-depth discussion of some fundamental principles of risk management related to the use of expected values, uncertainty handling, and risk acceptance criteria. Several examples from the offshore petroleum industry are included to illustrate the use of the framework, but it can also be applied in other areas.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vinnem, Jan-Erik

Aven, Terje

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Risikomanagement

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Risk Management Principles and Methods — Review and Discussion.- A Risk Management Framework for Decision Support under Uncertainty.- Applications — Concept Optimisation.- Applications — Operations Phase.- Applications — Choice of Disposal Alternative.- Applications — Risk Indicators, National Level.- The Success Factors — Discussion.

Über Autor(innen)

Terje Aven is Professor of Risk Analysis and Management at University of Stavanger, Norway. He is also a Principal Researcher at Rogaland Research, Norway. His professional career includes experience in the petroleum industry (Statoil) in addition to his time in research and education. His research interests include decision support tools, risk management, risk acceptance, reliability and risk analysis methods, and risk assessments reflecting human and organizational factors. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences. He has been awarded several prizes for his research and teaching activities.

Jan Erik Vinnem is Professor II of Risk Analysis at University of Stavanger, Norway. He is also a specialist advisor and CEO of Preventor AS, a consultancy to the Norwegian offshore industry. His professional career includes experience in the petroleum industry (Statoil and Total), and work as a private consultant (as the founder of Safetec Nordic AS and Preventor AS), in addition to his time in research and education. His research interests include decision support tools, risk management, risk acceptance, risk analysis methods, and risk assessments reflecting human and organizational factors.