April 21, 2016- A massive explosion and toxic vapor cloud were reported from the site of a petrochemicals manufacturing plant which is part of PEMEX in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. The plant is part of Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo, or PMV, a vinyl petrochemical plant that is a joint venture between Pemex’s petrochemical unit and a … Read more
May 25,2015, Santa Barbara– The oil pipeline that leaked more than a hundred thousand gallons into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, apparently did not make use of Functional Safety measures, that are common in these kind of installations, say news reports. Most modern pipelines have automatic shutoff valves that can be shut … Read more
The US Chemical Safety Board has released a video that goes into the root causes of Tesoro’s Anacortes refinery fatal accident, which took place in April 2010. The disaster occurred when a nearly 40 year old heat exchanger ruptured violently during startup of the refinery’s naphta hydrotreater unit. Watch the video below that shows what … Read more
June 5, 2014- Houston– The US Chemical Safety Board has found a design flaw in the Blow Out Preventer (BOP) mechanism used in the BP Deepwater Horizon rig, that most likely led to the accident that became on of the world’s biggest oil spills in history. The worrying fact is that existing BOPs on existing … Read more
Test your Process Safety Knowledge with this nifty Football themed game. Have fun!
