Sustainable Development for Oil and Gas Infrastructure from Risk, Reliability, and Resilience Perspectives
Sustainable Development for Oil and Gas Infrastructure from Risk, Reliability, and Resilience Perspectives
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DOI：
10.3390/su15064953
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发表时间：
2023-03
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Yasir Mahmood;Tanzina Afrin;Ying Huang;Nita Yodo
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作者：
Yasir Mahmood;Tanzina Afrin;Ying Huang;Nita Yodo
石油和天然气（O&G）部门是一个国家福利的关键能源基础设施。随着油气行业的发展，其老化的基础设施逐渐显现出许多挑战，以跟上不断增长的能源需求、不断增加的运营成本和环境问题。一个强大的油气基础设施，无风险、可靠，能够抵御预期或意外的威胁，可以为下游利益相关者提供不间断的油气供应，为客户提供有竞争力的价格，并改善环境足迹。随着向可再生能源的转变，可持续发展的概念应该牢牢地嵌入到油气基础设施和运营中，以促进向未来可再生能源发电的顺利过渡。本文从整体风险、可靠性和弹性（3Rs）的角度对油气基础设施进行了考察，为实现油气基础设施的可持续发展提供了一种全面而创新的方法。每个单独的概念的作用及其对油气行业可持续发展的集体影响将被深入讨论。此外，本文将强调整体3r方法对可持续发展的重要影响，并提出未来的研究方向。考虑到油气基础设施的复杂性，将可持续发展实践纳入油气基础设施的各个方面，迭代和持续，以实现长期可持续发展的最终目标至关重要。本文为实现油气行业的可持续发展提供了宝贵的见解和建议，对该领域做出了重大贡献。
The oil and gas (O&G) sector is a critical energy infrastructure to a Nation’s welfare. As developed as the O&G industry may seem, its aging infrastructure gradually shows numerous challenges to keep up with the growing energy demand, increasing operation costs, and environmental concerns. A robust O&G infrastructure that is risk-free, reliable, and resilient towards expected or unexpected threats can offer an uninterrupted supply of O&G to downstream stakeholders, competitive prices to customers, and better environmental footprints. With the shift towards renewable energy, the notion of sustainable development should be firmly embedded in O&G infrastructure and operations to facilitate the smooth transition towards future renewable energy generation. This paper offers a comprehensive and innovative approach to achieving sustainable development for O&G infrastructure by examining it from a holistic risk, reliability, and resilience (3Rs) perspective. The role of each individual concept and their collective influence on sustainable development in the O&G industry will be thoroughly discussed. Moreover, this paper will highlight the significant impact of the holistic 3Rs approach on sustainable development and propose future research directions. Given the complexity of O&G infrastructure, it is crucial to incorporate sustainable development practices into every dimension of the O&G infrastructure, iteratively and continuously, to achieve the ultimate goal of long-term sustainability. This paper makes a significant contribution to the field by providing valuable insights and recommendations for achieving sustainable development in the O&G industry.