Identification and Evaluation of the Design Risks in Iran's Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industry

Abstract

Proper risk assessment and management are considered important issues in design improvement. This tendency has been due to the continuing uncertainty of the global economy and the advancement of information technology. Despite the most important and valuable benefits, developed design topics are more vulnerable and can expose the organization to higher levels of risk. Achieving sustainability is recognized as a growing and effective strategy to meet today's global design challenges. Design in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry is important due to its characteristics and high risk in different countries, especially Iran, due to its different effects on the environmental dimension. The issue of identifying and evaluating design risks has also been neglected in recent research. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify and evaluate design risks in Iran’s oil, gas and petrochemical industry. The present research is descriptive-survey and is qualitative and quantitative in terms of technique and data used. Based on the literature review, 13 risk factors affecting the design were identified, in two stages, in-depth interviews were conducted with the opinions of experts, and by collecting opinions through a questionnaire, and 10 key risk factors were finally confirmed. In the first stage, the validity of the questionnaire was finally confirmed based on the opinions of 5 experts and in the second stage, using the opinions of 8 experts in this industry. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the risk questionnaire is higher than 0.7, which indicates the reliability of the research tool. According to the research findings, two factors such as weak technology / knowledge sustainability and environmental pollution, compared to other risk factors, have a higher priority in design projects in Iran's oil, gas and petrochemical industry. It is suggested that industry owners take serious and continuous measures in the field of "improving the level of process knowledge".