Dec 23, 2021– A fire broke out in the Exxon Mobil refinery located in Baytown, TX today, injuring four contract workers who were repairing a pipeline inside the hydrotreater unit. This unit was shutdown earlier this week after a leakage and apparently was being repaired by contract workers. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, Harris County, tweeted that … Read more
03 Dec 2020– Four people are reportedly dead and one injured in an explosion that occurred at a wastewater treatment plant at Avonmouth near Bristol in the UK. The plant is operated by Wessex Water and is used for waste water treatment and recycling. The Bristol explosion incident has been classified as a major accident … Read more
June 03,2020– There was a massive blast at a chemical plant in the Dahej area of Bharuch district in the state of Gujarat, India in which there were 5 fatalities and several injured. The accident occurred at the factory site of Yashasvi Rasayan Pvt Ltd, which is a manufacturer of chemicals such as Para Chloro … Read more
Why are fires and explosions in the process industry (think Oil & Gas, Petroleum refining, lube oil blending, chemicals and plastics manufacturing, etc) so different? Find out in the informative video below.
Update on Philly Refinery fire. Philadelphia, PA, October 16, 2019 – Today, the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a factual update into the June 21, 2019, explosion and fire at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) Refinery in Philadelphia. The factual update notes that a pipe elbow, which had corroded to about half the thickness … Read more
