A statistical analysis of causes and consequences of the release of hazardous materials from pipelines. The influence of layout
In the present paper a statistical analysis of accidents data on hazardous materials pipeline failures has been
carried out to identify the most common causes and consequences of release and to derive the distribution of
their probability of occurrence as a function of a number of parameters. The analysis has included three classes
of materials among those most commonly transported via pipeline (crude oil, natural gas and oil refined products):
differences and similarities have been highlighted and, where possible, explained. Particular attention