ABSTRACT
This chapter describes a fictitious scenario related to oil and gas drilling operations. The scenario was created in order to show how different theoretical perspectives can be applied to risk assessment in Integrated Operations. The chapter also describes the scenario used for the exercise. It demonstrates two different approaches to risk assessment, namely quantitative risk assessment and Resilience Engineering. The operators, a global oil and gas company, plan to move the central control room (CCR) on an existing installation from offshore to onshore. The company has established several onshore expert centres, which support operations and will continue to support the onshore CCR. The decision to move the CCR onshore was made difficult by the opposing views of the operating company and labour organizations. The challenges identified so far include differences in culture and language, offshore/onshore shift arrangements and the increasing number of handovers.
