OREDA

Article summary

The Offshore and Onshore Reliability Data (OREDA) project was established in 1981 in cooperation with the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (now Petroleum Safety Authority Norway). It is "one of the main reliability data sources for the oil and gas industry" and considered "a unique data source on failure rates, failure mode distribution and repair times for equipment used in the offshore and onshore industry. OREDA's original objective was the collection of petroleum industry safety equipment reliability data. The current organization, as a cooperating group of several energy companies, was established in 1983, and at the same time the scope of OREDA was extended to cover reliability data from a wide range of equipment used in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P). OREDA primarily covers offshore topside and subsea equipment, but does also include some onshore E&P, and some downstream equipment as well. The main objective of the OREDA project is to contribute to an improved safety and cost-effectiveness in design and operation of oil and gas E&P facilities, through collection and analysis of maintenance and operational data, establishment of a high quality reliability database, and exchange of reliability, availability, maintenance and safety (RAMS) technology among the participating companies.

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1. date of establishment: 1981 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of establishment: 1983 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. publication date: 1984 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. publication date: 1992 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. publication date: 1997 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. publication date: 2002 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
7. publication date: 2002 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
8. publication date: 2009 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
9. publication date: 2009 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
10. publication date: 2015 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
11. publication date: 2015 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
12. release date: 2024 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1981". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of establishment is "1983". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the publication date is "1984". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the publication date is "1992". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the publication date is "1997". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the publication date is "2002". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. The record states that the publication date is "2002". What evidence would count against this claim?
9. The record states that the publication date is "2009". What evidence would count against this claim?
10. The record states that the publication date is "2009". What evidence would count against this claim?
11. The record states that the publication date is "2015". What evidence would count against this claim?
12. The record states that the publication date is "2015". What evidence would count against this claim?
13. The record states that the release date is "2024". What evidence would count against this claim?
14. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
15. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351095205