What is actually implied by integrated operations? Understanding the phenomenon and generic elements with a potential impact on the risk of system accidents.

This report was prepared in cooperation with the Petroleum Safety Authority (Norway) and the Center for Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry. The objective of the report is to describe a set of possible future IO solutions for different systemic levels. Moreover, the report aims to shed light on the potential impact of changes on human and organizational factors associated with these solutions in terms of the system accident hazard. Factors with a potential impact on the system accident hazard emerged as a result of elaboration of event scenarios based on experience and on assumptions about how such events may potentially develop. An identical report in Norwegian is published with report number SINTEF A7078.