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Pemex Veracruz Mexico Explosion

Explosion at PEMEX-Three fatalities and several injuries

April 21, 2016June 21, 2016John Merriman

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 […]

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West Fertilizer Corporation Texas Explosion

West Fertilizer Explosion in Texas-Report and video

February 1, 2016June 21, 2016John Merriman

Jan 29, 2016– The US Chemical Safety Board today released an informational video about the deadly West Fertilizer plant explosion that took place in West, Texas which resulted in 15 fatalities, 260 injuries, and widespread community damage. The deadly fire and explosion occurred when about thirty tons of fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate (FGAN) exploded after […]

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CSB finds design flaw in Blowout Preventer used in Deepwater Horizon

October 14, 2014November 3, 2014John Merriman

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 […]

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Petroleum Tank Farm Fire at Indian Oil Corporation’s Surat facility

January 7, 2013November 3, 2014John Merriman

 Jan 07, 2013, Surat, India– A major fire was reported yesterday at one of Indian Oil Corporation’s  tank farm at Surat, in the state of Gujarat in India. Apparently there have been two fatalities and some missing persons as well. The fire has been brought into control as per the latest reports. It raged for […]

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BST Elastomers plant at Map Ta Phut, Thailand- Explosion kills 12 and injures several

May 7, 2012November 3, 2014John Merriman

Map Ta Phut, May 6, 2012– A powerful explosion at the BST (Bangkok Synthetics Company) plant at Map Ta Phut, Thailand has reportedly resulted in 12 fatalities and more than a 100 injuries, say news reports from various sources. Hundreds more were evacuated when fumes and gases from the accident site began spreading to nearby […]

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