Risk Treatment and System Recovery Analysis of Gas System of Gas and Electricity Network of Latvia
Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences 2018
Laila Zemīte, Antons Kutjuns, Ilmārs Bode, Māris Kuņickis, Namejs Zeltiņš

The Latvian natural gas system is interconnected with transmission networks located in Lithuania, Estonia and Russia. Natural gas commercial metering is provided by GMS “Karksi” (Estonia) and by GMS “Kiemenai” (Lithuania). Natural gas is supplied to all larger urban areas in Latvia. Natural gas is supplied to Latvia along the Latvian–Russian pipeline only during the warm period of the year (April–September), and it is accumulated in the underground gas storage facility in Incukalns. During winter, gas from the underground facility is delivered to Latvian customers, as well as transmitted to Estonia and back to Russia. There is also a connection to Lithuania. Out of the gas supply disruption risks that are assessed at different levels, the essential one with a trans-border impact potential consists in the insufficient technical capacity of Incukalns UGS. Given the current technical possibilities, IUGS cannot pass the gas volume required for the Baltic States to compensate the gas supply deficit. The paper performs system recovery analysis after selected critical events. The paper provides a report describing the steps to be followed in order to restore the gas transmission system to normal operation after selected critical events. A very significant region of the power system of Latvia is the central part of Latvia and Riga region, where both of Riga CHPs, as well as Riga HPP, is located. The restoration time of the gas system of Latvia depends on the gravity of the situation and damage in the gas system and may range from several hours to several days.


Atslēgas vārdi
critical infrastructure, gas system, risk assessment
DOI
10.2478/lpts-2018-0031
Hipersaite
https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/lpts/55/5/article-p3.xml?product=sciendo

Zemīte, L., Kutjuns, A., Bode, I., Kuņickis, M., Zeltiņš, N. Risk Treatment and System Recovery Analysis of Gas System of Gas and Electricity Network of Latvia. Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences, 2018, Vol. 55, No. 5, 3.-14.lpp. ISSN 0868-8257. Pieejams: doi:10.2478/lpts-2018-0031

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