05.07.2009
A factor that has the potential to cause harm or damage to body, property or the environment.
Implementation of the means to cancel or reduce risks, such as means of discovering the risks, identifying them, monitoring, warning about them and neutralizing them
Banks or financial institutions that are less inclined to want to invest in what they perceive as risky large energy infrastructure projects, such as for innovative large offshore floating LNG units
Interpretation of the results obtained from the risk analysis (see risk analysis), whilst evaluating the public, economic, or political value of the risks involved
Understanding the potential scenarios for an accident or an incident after analysis of the potential risk factors; appraisal of the likelihood of an accident/incident occurring due to the existence of a specific risk factor; appraisal of the possible consequences of the accident/incident if it should happen and integrative computation of the level of danger resulting from the aforementioned appraisal
A pipe between a seabed BOP and a floating drilling rig.
The section of pipework that joins a seabed wellhead to the Christmas tree. A pipe or assembly of pipes used to transfer produced fluids from the seabed to the surface facilities or to transfer injection fluids, control fluids, or lift gas from the surface facilities and the seabed.
Risers can be either rigid or flexible and are critical components of subsea installations.
A riser is the segment of pipe which connects vertically the facilities above the water to the subsea pipeline.