Impact of wildfires on Canada’s oil sands facilities

N. Khakzad

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Abstract

Exponential growth of oil and gas facilities in wildlands from one side and an anticipated increase of global warming from the other have exposed such facilities to an ever-increasing risk of wildfires. Extensive oil sands operations
in Canadian wildlands, especially in the province of Alberta, along with the recent massive wildfires in the province, require the development of quantitative risk assessment (QRA) methodologies which are presently lacking in the context of wildfire-related technological accidents. The present study is an attempt to integrate Canadian online wildfire information systems with current QRA techniques in a dynamic risk assessment framework for wildfire-prone
process plants. The developed framework can easily be customized to other process plants potentially exposed to wildfires worldwide, provided that the required wildfire information is available.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3153-3166
Number of pages14
JournalNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Volume18
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

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