Risk Assessment Index System of Natural Gas Industrial Chain in China

1. Introduction As a network of trunk gas pipeline gradually comes into being, the natural gas industrial chain is entering a stage of rapid growth in China. It is urgent to establish a risk alert system, but the basic research greatly lags behind. This paper presents a risk assessment index system with natural gas upstream, mid-stream and downstream sectors as the chain links and the risks of the natural gas industrial chain are defined. Five categories of risk factors are summarized and an …

Risk Assessment Index System of Natural Gas Industrial Chain in China

This paper establishes a risk assessment index system for the natural gas industrial chain. China's natural gas industrial chain is entering a stage of rapid growth. In order to guarantee healthy development of the natural gas industrial chain,it is urgent to establish a risk alert system, which is based on a risk assessment index system. First of all, the risks of the natural gas industrial chain are defined in the paper; then the risk factors are analyzed according to the present status of the natural gas industrial chain, and five categories of risk factors are summarized: resource risk, transport risk, marketing risk, risk of unbalanced chain links, and environment risk. The paper presents the principles of the risk assessment index system. The natural gas industrial chain risk assessment index system is established with four levels and forty-six risk indices.