If Russian oil /gas stops flowing

jefaz07

They wouldn’t! It doesn’t work like that. There are many safety devices upstream. Slam shuts and the like. 

When a loss does occur every property fed from those mains need access gained and the consumer taps turned off before any gas is re introduced. For reasons you mentioned above. 

MattMattMattUK

MouldyOldDough said:

jefaz07 said:

That won’t happen on a gas network. 

OK So what woul happen if they remotely disconnected a large number of properties (ratoning) without any warning - and then 6 hours later turned it back on again - I am sure that many older pieces of equipment without safety shut offs would be problematic- maybe even dangerous - my first property had a gas fire without any shut off - and if the gas went off and back on again - the house would have filled with gas ...

You cant rely on people to follow instriuctons and turn fires etc off

Natural selection will take care of those who do not follow the instructions. 

QrizB

MattMattMattUK said:

MouldyOldDough said:

You cant rely on people to follow instriuctons and turn fires etc off

Natural selection will take care of those who do not follow the instructions. 

Something like this, but with fewer shingles and more bricks?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWAui49J1mM

markin

Norway have hub in the sea to send their Gas to the uk and Germany.

https://www.documentarytube.com/articles/langeled-pipeline-modern-engineering-achievements

"Norway is the third largest exporter of natural gas in the world, behind Russia and Qatar only. Norway supplies between 20 and 25 per cent of the EU gas demand. Nearly all oil and gas produced on the Norwegian shelf is exported, and combined, oil and gas equals about half of the total value of Norwegian exports of goods. This makes oil and gas the most important export commodities in the Norwegian economy. "

https://www.norskpetroleum.no/en/production-and-exports/exports-of-oil-and-gas/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=VEcr_Is_Efc&feature=emb_logo

Gerry1

MouldyOldDough said:

jefaz07 said:

That won’t happen on a gas network. 

OK So what woul happen if they remotely disconnected a large number of properties (ratoning) without any warning - and then 6 hours later turned it back on again - I am sure that many older pieces of equipment without safety shut offs would be problematic- maybe even dangerous - my first property had a gas fire without any shut off - and if the gas went off and back on again - the house would have filled with gas

The smart meter will detect a flow of gas and shut its disconnection valve again.  It will remain open only when it detects that there is no flow downstream.