IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REDUCING THE RISKS OF EMERGENCIES AT HAZARDOUS PRODUCTION FACILITIES OF THE OIL AND GAS COMPLEX
In accordance with international agreements, the Russian Federation actively participates in the development of promising projects for the transition of the economy to the use of renewable environmentally friendly energy sources. However, it is not possible to completely abandon hydrocarbon raw materials until the end of the XXI century in modern socio-economic and geopolitical conditions. This circumstance presupposes further development and an increase in the number of enterprises and hazardous production facilities of the country's oil and gas complex. These objects have a high fire risk and belong to the category of explosive and flammable. All this makes it necessary to search and develop new highly effective methods to reduce the explosion and fire hazard of industrial facilities of the oil and gas complex. One of the well- known and most effective methods of reducing the fire hazard of oil and gas production facilities is the early detection of fires, activation of all systems of object fire automation and ensuring their targeted functioning during the time necessary for the safe evacuation of personnel of facilities and solving fire extinguishing tasks by fire and rescue units. To successfully solve these problems, fire automation systems of oil and gas facilities are built on the basis of explosion- and fire- protected terminal equipment (fire detectors, annunciators, devices of smoke extraction and air backup systems, etc.), which can function for a long time under the influence of high temperatures and other dangerous factors of intense fire. However complex and effective functioning of fire automation systems in fire conditions is impossible without timely and reliable transmission of information and control signals between all system components via cable information communication lines and electrical wires.The article analyzes and suggests methods for improving the integrity and reliability of the transmission lines of information and control signals in conditions of intense fire and protection of electrical wiring in the organization of the targeted functioning of all components of fire automation systems, which in general will significantly contribute to improving the integrated efficiency of their targeted use and overall reduction of fire hazard of oil and gas facilities.