22nd June, 2010 -Finally, acceding to requests from members of the public and their elected representatives, the US Chemical Safety Board, has agreed to investigate in depth (pun not intended), the circumstances that led to the explosion and sinking of BP’s Transocean Deepwater Horizon and consequent oil spill that has become a national disaster, worse … Read more
For Instrumentation e-learning courses please visit http://www.abhisam.com. ————————————————————————————- June 16, 2010– US President Barack Obama, in a nationally televised address today said that the current BP oil spill disaster is the worst that America has ever faced. He said that tomorrow, when he would be meeting BP’s Chairman, he would ask that BP set aside … Read more
For an excellent training course on Gas Monitors, Gas Detectors and Gas Detection systems, please click here. ——————————————————————————— June 07, 2010- Finally after 25 years or so, Union Carbide’s Bhopal Gas accident case (perhaps the worst chemical industrial accident until now involving the release of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) that killed thousands of people and maimed … Read more
For a comprehensive training program on Safety Instrumented Systems including the application of standards such as IEC 61508 & IEC 61511, click here. —————————————————————– May 11, 2010 -BPs attempt to contain the oil spill due to the Deepwater Horizon disaster has prima facie failed its mission. It is suggested that methane in an ice crystal … Read more
It is Monday, May 18, 2009 and firefighters are still battling flames at Sunoco’s refinery and petrochemical complex at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. A suspected Ethylene leak caused a massive explosion and fire in a unit in the refinery and petrochemical complex on Sunday night. Luckily, no casualties have been reported. Sunoco reportedly operates the Marcus … Read more
