Scoping study for a guide to risk assessment of reservoirs
This study consulted professionals who work in reservoir management to find out if the current guidance on risk is useful and meets their needs.
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This study assessed whether it was necessary to update the guide to assessing safety risks at reservoirs published in 2004 (Interim Guide to Quantitative Risk Assessment for Reservoir Safety). It collected views from professionals working with reservoirs to identify any problems with applying the current guidance, as well as the specific needs that they might have. The existing guide provided a tool, in an Excel workbook, to work out the probability and consequences of a reservoir fa