Research and Markets: Fundamentals of Energy Infrastructure Security: Risk Mitigation in the International Environment.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c23542) has announced the addition of Fundamentals of Energy Infrastructure Security: Risk Mitigation in the International Environment to their offering

The world's most comprehensive single source of intelligence on physical security issues in the global energy sector.This all-encompassing new report examines threats to the energy industry from vandalism, terrorism, low-intensity conflict and war. It provides a guide to effective risk-mitigation techniques for energy companies operating in difficult security environments and includes the only single-source compilation available of historical and current energy infrastructure security challenges and incidences in 40 countries and energy producing regions.

This unique work, the result of more than a decade of on-the-ground research, will help companies and governments pool information about energy sector attacks around the world and significantly enhance the ability of companies to make accurate threat assessments, optimise security planning and protect facilities more effectively.

Written by Paul Hueper, an expert on global comparative energy infrastructure security issues who has assisted both governments and companies in meeting energy security challenges.

Part I provides an overview section that addresses the nature of the global energy infrastructure security challenge, the threats posed by various types of hostile elements, and the weapons and tactics frequently used in attacks in high-risk operating environments in Latin American, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia. Salient examples of recorded attacks on energy infrastructure are used throughout this section.

Part II follows the overview with an examination of the types of vulnerabilities inherent in the various components of energy systems, such as oil and gas production infrastructure, pipelines, tank farms, refineries, offshore platforms, LNG tankers, and electric power infrastructure. This section reviews the function, importance and vulnerability of specific infrastructure components.

Part III is a practical guide to implementing an effective risk mitigation strategy. This multi-fold process is covered thoroughly, including the development of a threat assessment, conducting a cost-benefit analysis, ensuring incident response capability, implementing personnel security, coordinating with the host government and local communities, and instituting a targeted environmental response plan. Also addressed are various measures that can be implemented to help ensure physical security, such as facility hardening and the use of advanced technologies.

Part IV provides country risk overviews that cover the scope of historical energy infrastructure security incidents as well as the specific operational vulnerabilities related to oil, gas and electric power infrastructure. Through the use of data and information never compiled before into a single source, a sweeping survey of key energy countries and regions is provided for not only the historical "hot spots" areas of energy security concerns (e.g., the Persian Gulf, Nigeria, and Colombia), but also for energy infrastructure in lesser energy provinces. This comprehensive global survey allows the reader to understand the full scope of the threats and risk mitigation measures throughout the world.

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