Increase of Fire Resistance Limits of Building Structures of Oil-and-Gas Complex Under Hydrocarbon Fire

The article deals with the technical documentation in design of building constructions of oil-and-gas complex under special load – fire in case of hydrocarbon fire. It gives the detailed review of international, European and American standards for determine of the fire resistance limits in the modeling of hydrocarbon combustion. Much attention is given to analysis of technical regulations in fire protection designing of ships and sea platforms. It should be stressed that requirements for the fire resistance limits in conditions of hydrocarbon fire for some buildings and structures are absent. Therefore the building structures testing without appropriate calculations is superfluous and economically inadvisable. It is necessary to evaluate the time variation in the area of oil or oil products under various spreading conditions and to justify the need for the structure protection from the hydrocarbon fire. The development of industry standards for Russian oil and gas enterprises with a list of indicators for fireproofing and flame-retardant coating for building structures in the conditions of a hydrocarbon fire is proposed.