Watch out in Greece: Risks of sabotage in gas infrastructure
Oct 6, 2022 4:37:46 GMT -5
Post by ExquisiteGerbil on Oct 6, 2022 4:37:46 GMT -5
Watch out in Greece as well: Risks of sabotage in the gas infrastructure and interruption of flows - Will there be a Russian strike on Greek soil?
Emergency Plan of DESFA
06/10/2022 - 10:33 in Main Topics , Homeland Security
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Watch out in Greece as well: Risks of sabotage in the gas infrastructure and interruption of flows - Will there be a Russian strike on Greek soil?
Seven "crisis situations" in the country's natural gas supply security, and with some of them likely to occur in the current period, the DESFA Emergency Plan is called upon to deal with.
Among them the risk of sabotage to the national gas infrastructures but also the interruption of the supply of fuel by third party suppliers or Administrators. These are recent events, such as the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines and the closing of the gas tap from Moscow to 12 European countries.
BY CHRISTOS KOLONA
SOURCE: ECONOMIC POST OFFICE
The aforementioned "crisis situations" are included, among others, in the plan sent to RAE by DESFA for approval. The Regulator, in turn, put it out for public consultation from yesterday until October 10. Among the emergency supply security measures, there are even measures to stop the flow of natural gas, with large industries first in line and domestic consumers, hospitals, schools, district heating stations and small and medium-sized businesses last.
The dangers
The emergency plan describes seven "crisis situations", which trigger three levels of alert in sequence.
The risks are:
-Technical problems in the infrastructure of the National Natural Gas System (NSGS),
-Technical problems in the upstream and downstream infrastructure of Connected Natural Gas Systems,
-Sabotage, vandalism, theft, at the ESFA facilities,
-Restriction or interruption of gas supply by third parties (in particular Natural Gas Suppliers, Users, Upstream Natural Gas System Operators, Independent Natural Gas System Operators),
- Unexpected high demand for Natural Gas related to commercial or financial parameters,
-Long-term restrictions on the supply of Natural Gas, and
-Political unrest, war, terrorism, natural disasters.
Alert levels
Depending on the magnitude of the supply problem, the corresponding "alarm states 1, 2 and 3" are activated. For each level of alert, specific measures are provided to prevent the transition to extreme risk.
1. "State of Alert 1 - Early Warning" It is declared when there are reliable indications of an event likely to result in the deterioration of the country's natural gas supply situation and which is likely to lead to the activation of State of Alert 2 or 3.
Among other things, recommendations to consumers for prudent use and limiting the unnecessary consumption of natural gas are foreseen.
2. “Alert Status 2 – Alert” Declared when a supply disruption or extremely high demand for Natural Gas occurs, which results in a significant deterioration of the supply situation, but the market is still able to handle this disruption or demand without need to resort to non-market based measures.
Measures such as intermittency against compensation to industries and large gas consumers are envisaged, power plants use the LNG stockpile and the possibility of receiving additional quantities of LNG, or gas from other pipelines, is being considered.
3. "State of Alert 3 - Emergency" It is declared in the event of an extremely high demand for Natural Gas, a significant supply disruption and in the event that purchase measures are not sufficient to cover the remaining demand for Natural Gas, resulting in the need to take additional measures that they are not market based. The situation is developing adversely and the smooth supply of Protected Consumers may be disrupted if non-market-based measures are not taken.
Where will the gas be cut off?
At the third level of alert, alternative fuel support measures are foreseen in power generation units that burn natural gas and have such a possibility, but also an imposed interruption or limitation of demand to consumers in the following order of priority:
-Interruptible consumers (the big customers who use natural gas other than electricity producers)
-Restriction or interruption of natural gas supply to upstream Interconnected Natural Gas Transmission Systems (exports)
-Holders of a license to produce electricity with natural gas
-Small and large industrial consumers
-Commercial consumers
-Protected consumers (domestic customers connected to a Natural Gas distribution network, hospitals,
, secondary and tertiary health care units, school complexes, daycare centers, kindergartens, schools of all levels of education, airports, fuel filling stations for public transport vehicles and waste collection, and buildings housing public sector services).
Tags: natural gas
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Emergency Plan of DESFA
06/10/2022 - 10:33 in Main Topics , Homeland Security
0
Watch out in Greece as well: Risks of sabotage in the gas infrastructure and interruption of flows - Will there be a Russian strike on Greek soil?
Seven "crisis situations" in the country's natural gas supply security, and with some of them likely to occur in the current period, the DESFA Emergency Plan is called upon to deal with.
Among them the risk of sabotage to the national gas infrastructures but also the interruption of the supply of fuel by third party suppliers or Administrators. These are recent events, such as the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines and the closing of the gas tap from Moscow to 12 European countries.
BY CHRISTOS KOLONA
SOURCE: ECONOMIC POST OFFICE
The aforementioned "crisis situations" are included, among others, in the plan sent to RAE by DESFA for approval. The Regulator, in turn, put it out for public consultation from yesterday until October 10. Among the emergency supply security measures, there are even measures to stop the flow of natural gas, with large industries first in line and domestic consumers, hospitals, schools, district heating stations and small and medium-sized businesses last.
The dangers
The emergency plan describes seven "crisis situations", which trigger three levels of alert in sequence.
The risks are:
-Technical problems in the infrastructure of the National Natural Gas System (NSGS),
-Technical problems in the upstream and downstream infrastructure of Connected Natural Gas Systems,
-Sabotage, vandalism, theft, at the ESFA facilities,
-Restriction or interruption of gas supply by third parties (in particular Natural Gas Suppliers, Users, Upstream Natural Gas System Operators, Independent Natural Gas System Operators),
- Unexpected high demand for Natural Gas related to commercial or financial parameters,
-Long-term restrictions on the supply of Natural Gas, and
-Political unrest, war, terrorism, natural disasters.
Alert levels
Depending on the magnitude of the supply problem, the corresponding "alarm states 1, 2 and 3" are activated. For each level of alert, specific measures are provided to prevent the transition to extreme risk.
1. "State of Alert 1 - Early Warning" It is declared when there are reliable indications of an event likely to result in the deterioration of the country's natural gas supply situation and which is likely to lead to the activation of State of Alert 2 or 3.
Among other things, recommendations to consumers for prudent use and limiting the unnecessary consumption of natural gas are foreseen.
2. “Alert Status 2 – Alert” Declared when a supply disruption or extremely high demand for Natural Gas occurs, which results in a significant deterioration of the supply situation, but the market is still able to handle this disruption or demand without need to resort to non-market based measures.
Measures such as intermittency against compensation to industries and large gas consumers are envisaged, power plants use the LNG stockpile and the possibility of receiving additional quantities of LNG, or gas from other pipelines, is being considered.
3. "State of Alert 3 - Emergency" It is declared in the event of an extremely high demand for Natural Gas, a significant supply disruption and in the event that purchase measures are not sufficient to cover the remaining demand for Natural Gas, resulting in the need to take additional measures that they are not market based. The situation is developing adversely and the smooth supply of Protected Consumers may be disrupted if non-market-based measures are not taken.
Where will the gas be cut off?
At the third level of alert, alternative fuel support measures are foreseen in power generation units that burn natural gas and have such a possibility, but also an imposed interruption or limitation of demand to consumers in the following order of priority:
-Interruptible consumers (the big customers who use natural gas other than electricity producers)
-Restriction or interruption of natural gas supply to upstream Interconnected Natural Gas Transmission Systems (exports)
-Holders of a license to produce electricity with natural gas
-Small and large industrial consumers
-Commercial consumers
-Protected consumers (domestic customers connected to a Natural Gas distribution network, hospitals,
, secondary and tertiary health care units, school complexes, daycare centers, kindergartens, schools of all levels of education, airports, fuel filling stations for public transport vehicles and waste collection, and buildings housing public sector services).Tags: natural gas
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