5.7 Energy

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The energy sector is divided into two segments in the context of criticalinfrastructure protection: electricity and oil and natural gas. The electric industry services almost 130 million households and institutions. The United States consumed nearly 3.6 trillion kilowatt hours in 2001. Oil and natural gas facilities and assets are widely distributed, consisting of more than 300,000 producing sites; 4,000 off-shore platforms; more than 600 natural gas processing plants; 153 refineries; and more than 1,400 product terminals and 7,500 bulk stations, backup processes, systems, and facilities. Table 5.7 shows security initiatives in electrical energy, and Table 5.8 shows security initiatives in the oil and natural gas sector.

Initiatives

Identify equipment stockpile requirements.

Reevaluate and adjust nationwide protection planning, system restoration, and recovery in response to attacks.

Develop strategies to reduce vulnerabilities.

Develop standardized guidelines for physical security programs.

Initiatives

Plan and invest in research and development for the oil and gas industry to enhance robustness and reliability.

Develop strategies to reduce vulnerabilities.

Develop standardized guidelines for physical security programs.

Develop guidelines for measures to reconstitute capabilities of individual facilities and systems.

Develop a national system for locating and distributing critical components in support of response and recovery activities.

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