Jan 28,2015– The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has unanimously approved the draft accident investigation report regarding the pipeline rupture and subsequent fire at Chevron’s Richmond, CA refinery. We had reported via the post here, that the draft report was ready and awaiting comments and objections from the public. Apparently there was none and the … Read more
Jan 22, Washington, D.C.- The US Chemical Safety Board has published a draft investigation report, inviting comments from the public, regarding the August 2012 Chevron’s Richmond, California refinery pipeline rupture and resultant vapor cloud fire. Incident Summary: On August 6, 2012, the Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Refinery in Richmond, California (“the Chevron Richmond Refinery”) experienced a … Read more
LaPorte, TX– In a shocking allegation, a lawyer from Texas, apparently representing the family of one of the victims, has said that the DuPont facility at LaPorte, Texas, where a massive chemical leak of deadly chemical Methyl Mercaptan took place on 15th Nov 2014, did not provide proper working respirators to the workers in the … Read more
Update: The fire has been extinguished and the cause was faulty repair. It was not sabotage or the work of terrorists. The explosion and fire took place near Sudair, which is about 250 Kms north of Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital city. Also the pipeline was carrying Diesel, not crude oil. No injuries or deaths … 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
