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Pipeline Risk Management Manual, 3rd Edition
By W. Kent Muhlbauer
2004 by Gulf Publishing Company, 7-1/4" x 10-1/4", hardbound, 395 pages, figures, tables, glossary, references, and index, ISBN 0-7506-7579-9
$135.00

BESTSELLER! A tested and proven system to prevent loss and assess risk! Now expanded and updated, this widely accepted standard reference guides you in managing the risks involved in pipeline operations. Pipeline engineers, designers, operators, and managers rely on this book's basic risk assessment model-- a practical, straightforward method for analyzing pipeline risks. This new edition covers many additional aspects of pipeline risk management, including risk and cost of service interruption, risk of sabotage, methods to assess enviromentally sensitive and high-value areas, work-place stress, and human error potential. It covers ways to create a resource allocation model by linking risk with cost and includes clear, step-by-step instructions and mroe than 50 examples. This edition also addresses offshore pipelines and distribution system pipelines as well as cross-country liquid and gas transmission pipelines.