Reliability Analysis of the Crude Oil Transfer System in the Oil Port Terminal

The crude oil transfer process in the oil port terminal including its statistical identification is described. Potential causes and possible scenarios of oil spill accidents and incidents are analyzed highlighting oil overflow and leakage. Used Fault Tree Analysis indicates the importance of human factor for the safety of crude oil transfer in oil port terminal. Further, multistate approach is proposed to the reliability analysis of a crude oil transfer system. For the crude oil transfer system, four reliability states have been distinguished, whereas its components are assumed to have four, three or two reliability states. The reliability states of the system and its components are differently defined depending on the type of element and the specificity of its failure. Finally, the reliability analysis of the crude oil transfer system is performed, assuming its components have exponential reliability functions.