Approaches to the identification of critical facilities and critical combinations of facilities in the gas industry in terms of its operability

• Published in: Reliability engineering & system safety 2020-11, Vol.203, p.107046, Article 107046
• Main Authors: Senderov, S.M., Vorobev, S.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Algorithms; Critical facilities; Energy; Energy security; Gas industry; Gas transmission; Natural gas; Oil and gas fields; Oil and gas industry; Reliability engineering; Security; System operability
• ISSN: 0951-8320; 1879-0836
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2020.107046

•Failure of the critical facility can lead to shortages of the energy resources.•An algorithm for generating lists of critical facilities.•Features of Russia's gas industry from standpoint of its operability.•Generation of the lists of critical facilities of Russia's gas industry. This paper is devoted to the issues of identifying critical facilities in Russia's gas industry and their critical combinations with other facilities of the gas industry in terms of energy security of the state and energy-consuming regions. The indicators characterizing the significance of these facilities and their combinations in terms of its operability are presented. The algorithm of distribution of such facilities in the lists of the federal and regional levels is described. The list of critical facilities in the gas industry of the federal level, which includes facilities of the gas transmission network, main compressor stations of gas fields, and some underground natural gas storages, is generated. The list of critical combinations of the gas industry facilities of the country in terms of energy security of the country and its region is presented.