美国油气管道事故及其启示
Oil and Gas Pipeline Accidents in US and Their Inspiration
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摘要: 美国历史上发生过数次影响较大的油气管道事故, 引起公众对油气管道安全的普遍关注, 也促使管道运营商不断改进管道的安全管理。介绍了美国3起油气管道事故发生的原因和管道公司在安全管理方面存在的问题: 在1999年华盛顿州Bellingham汽油管道爆炸事故中, 管道公司的主要责任包括: 疏于监督, 没有发现并及时修理管道的挖掘损伤, 没有充分评估内检测结果, 没有调试好新建终端的安全装置, 没有调查和校准多次意外关闭的截断阀, 没有调试好管道自动控制系统; 2000年新墨西哥州Carlsbad天然气管道爆炸事故, 其直接原因是内腐蚀引起的管壁严重减薄, 反映出管道公司在内腐蚀控制方面的不足, 同时暴露出美国运输部在管道安全监管方面的疏漏; 2006年阿拉斯加PrudhoeBay油田原油管道泄漏事故, 也是因腐蚀造成的, 招致了公众对BP公司管道安全管理的强烈批评, 引起了媒体对联邦管道安全规章的质疑。从管道完整性管理、防止第三方破坏、内腐蚀控制、低应力管道管理规章和能源供应可靠性等几个方面, 论述了这些事故对美国管道安全立法的影响, 值得国内油气管道在安全管理中借鉴。Abstract: In US history,a few serious oil and gas pipeline accidents happened which draw the public attentions in pipeline safety and drive the pipeline operator paying more attention to advancing the pipeline safety management.This paper introduces the reasons of three pipeline accidents in US and safety management problems of pipeline companies.In the explosion accident happened in Bellingham,Washington.1999.the main responsibilities of pipeline company lied in the ignorance of monitor,not having repaired the digging defects in time,not having fully assessed the internal inspection results,not having debugged the newly-installed safety device in the terminal,not having investigated and calibrated the block valve which was shut down several times unexpectedly and not having debugged the pipeline automatic control system.For the explosion accident happened in Carlsbad.New Mexico.2000.the direct reason was the reduction of pipe wall due to internal corrosion of pipeline,which reflected that the internal corrosion control was not enough and at the same time it revealed that the US Transportation Department did not pay enough attention to monitoring the pipeline safety.The leakage accident happened in Prudhoe.Alaska.2006 was also due to corrosion problem.This accident drew the public scold on BPs pipeline safety management and brought the media to interrogate the federal pipeline safety guideline.This paper discusses the effects on pipeline law in US from the aspects of pipeline integrity management,damage prevention from third-party,internal corrosion control,low-pressure pipeline management guideline and energy supply.It should be a mirror for domestic oil and gas pipeline management.