Conceptual approaches to managing the technical condition of marine oil terminals

The article examines the problem of ensuring reliable and accident-free operation of marine terminals in the Russian Federation. It is shown that such facilities are characterized by a unique combination of two factors, on the one hand, an extremely low probability of emergency situations, and on the other hand, a significant amount of damage that may happen after the occurrence of an emergency situation. Based on retrospective studies of various technical condition management systems implemented during the operation of particularly hazardous industries, it was shown that the most promising system for marine oil terminals is the one based on the methodology of man-made protection proposed in the works of N.A. Makhutov. The article shows that the risk-oriented approach methods used today in practice, methods based on probabilistic assessments of failure rates and residual life, as well as practices for standardizing reserve factors in calculations for limit states have a certain imperfection that does not enable to guarantee accident free operation of the marine terminal. An algorithm for formalizing, creating and implementing the concept of man-made protection of marine oil terminals based on the methodology for assessing accumulated defects is proposed. The main elements of the system that will enable implementation of this algorithm are established.

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