I'm not a pipeline expert, but I've been doing computers sense the early 90s. You have a pipe. It has pumps and valves. You have a computer that controls it all. The computer gets hacked. UNPLUG THE DAM COMPUTER... and plug in another one. Then restart the pumps. If they are too incompetent to figure out a workaround then get the hell out of the way and let someone else try.
If there is one thing I've learned with computers its that the guy at the console is god. There is no such thing as taking over from a remote location. Anyone that tells you differently has been watching too many movies. Send real actual human beings out the the pumps, unplug the dam computer and just turn the pump on manually. Yeah, a person might have to watch the pressure and flow rates etc rather than the computer. So the hell what. Get the dam gas flowing again morons.
Well I’m a pipe fitter and you’re somewhat right but also misinformed. Large piping systems like these do have manual valves but they also have control valves. Depending on the control valve, if something happens with the system they will either fail open or fail shut. If they fail shut, there’s no opening them without the control system. All piping systems these days have control valves and have had them for a while now. Not to mention it’s not just simply the system for the fuel lines but multiple other piping systems that work in conjunction with the fuel lines. Tons of variables at play here
Well then the designers are fucking morons not to have a back up mechanical contingency.
2 is one, 1 is none. Your people failed.
Unfortunately as a contractor, you’re bound by the approved plans for a project. Depending on jurisdiction, engineers can have the last day even if it violates a code. We’re contractually obligated to put it in as they design it or we don’t get paid