Label commentary one 1
I totally disagree with the answer given in that while talking a bout homeland security and fundamental of petroleum energy, the distribution sector is the most vulnerable one. Terrorists are afraid to attack the most secured place such as refineries. There are enough guards a round and inside the refineries.( Parfomak, P. 2013).The means of transport leading to the plants have check points very far away from the refineries including water ways. Therefore it becomes very difficult to access them as compared to the distribution sector which have got pipeline buried every where which can be accessed by anybody. The product is highly flammable but there are rules and regulations in the plant such that it is very difficult to start fire inside the plant. The plants have very good plans for disposing off their by products including re-using them; therefore the idea of eco-environmental terrorists should be ruled out.
Label commentary two 2
The answer again is inappropriate in that while considering security everybody should be considered not only the terrorists. When you remove all the signage and labels, it becomes more insecure because one might cause accident unknowingly since there are no labels. When other industries are labeled and the refinery plants are left out, then they become very easy to be spotted out by terrorists and some other disregarded people. (Woodruff, Y. 2006).When the plant is decentralized, there will be no economies of scale and cost of production will be high. The cost effective ways given in this scenario can not give maximum security to the plant. For instance, vehicle barriers are not effective since the guards can be tricked and the terrorists might find their way inside the plant. The use of technology obviously has to play a role and not only for the sake of it.
References
Parfomak, P. (2013). Keeping America's pipelines safe and secure: Key issues for Congress. Retrieved from http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R41536.pdfBajpai, S. & Gupta, J. (2007). Securing oil and gas infrastructure. Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering, 55(1/2), 174-186. doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2006.04.007
William, E. (Mar 18, 2012). "Behind Oil Price Rise: Peak Oil or Wall Street Speculation?". Axis of Logic. Retrieved 29 March
Woodruff, Y. (2006). "Russian oil industry between state and market". Fundamentals of the global oil and gas industry, 2006. Petroleum Economist.
