Review of Risk Analysis Studies in the Maritime LNG Sector

Abstract

This research presents a review and classification of the published work related to applied risk analysis and risk management in the maritime liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector from 2000 to 2023. The papers are categorised under two primary contexts. The first is the risk analysis theory context which represents the classification with respect to (w. r. t.) the used risk analysis method, the used risk analysis tool, and the objective of risk analysis, whereas the second is the presented case in the risk analysis context which represents the classification w. r. t. the analysed LNG ship type, the analysed operation, and the inclusion level of human error in risk analysis. The above process has revealed that the interest in this domain of research has increased significantly during the past decade. In addition, the use of dynamic risk analysis (DRA) tools, and the inclusion of human error in the risk analysis model have been observed significantly in the past five years, in particular, for modelling the risk of external LNG transfer operations. It is concluded that the inclusion of the effect of human and organisational factors (HOFs) in risk analysis, and the use of DRA methods for modelling the risk of the daily routine operations of the complex maritime LNG systems can improve the management of the operational risk of these systems.

Keywords

Maritime LNG sector / LNG hazards / Risk analysis and management / Human and organisational factors