China Safety Science Journal ›› 2019, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (4): 89-95.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2019.04.015

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Failure probability analysis of shale gas wellhead devices based on FTA-BN model

WANG Wenhe1, DONG Chuanfu1, LIU Linjing1, LI Wei2, MI Hongfu1, SHEN Kuiling1   

  1. 1 College of Safety Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing 401331, China;
    2 Sinopec Chongqing Fuling Shale Gas Exploration and Development Co. Ltd., Chongqing 408014, China
  • Received:2018-11-11 Revised:2019-02-17 Online:2019-04-28 Published:2020-11-04

Abstract: Failure probability analysis model of shale gas wellhead devices, a combination of FTA and BN, was established in order to study the failure. Firstly, a fault tree was developed based on the root cause analysis of wellhead device failure. Secondly, the failure tree was mapped into a BN. Secondly, BN model was modified in terms of polymorphism and uncertainty. Finally, the failure probability of wellhead devices was predicted and the key failure-caused factors were identified by using the two-way reasoning of BN. The results show that the failure probability of wellhead device is 1.31×10-2and the key factors that lead to the failure are incorrect operation, aging of seal packing and bolt loosening, and the failure probability can be increased by 3×10-3after BN model is modified.

Key words: shale gas, wellhead device, fault tree analysis (FTA), Bayesian networks (BN), failure probability

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