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
Sep10, 2014 – Bathinda, Punjab, India The recent fire circa 20 June 2014 at the Mittal- HPCL (Hindustan Petroleum Company Limited) refinery in Bathinda, Punjab, India may result in claims of over 100 million dollars, say news reports. The refinery had been insured against accidents, as well as against loss of business due to accidents. … Read more
Jan 13, 2014 Charleston, W.Va– The chemical spillage that occurred on Thursday, 9th Jan 2014 has created a major environmental crisis, with a shortage of potable water. The chemical 4 methyl cyclohexane methanol spilled into the Elk river that supplies potable water to Charleston, which has made the water too toxic for even washing or … Read more
July12, 2013- Heathrow, UK– Just as the dust was settling on the Asiana airlines Boeing 777 crash landing incident at San Francisco, comes the news report of another Boeing plane involved in an accident. This time it is an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787, named “Queen of Sheba” that caught fire at the Heathrow airport at … Read more
April 19, 2013– The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new animated video that shows the sequence of events leading up to the fire at Chevron’s Richmond refinery in August 2012 (last year). The fire and its causes were being investigated by the CSB and the video is a result of that analysis … Read more
