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 […]
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The Aghorn Hydrogen Sulfide accident On October 26, 2019 there was a fatal injury due to a Hydrogen Sulfide accident at the Aghorn Operating Waterflood station in Odessa, Texas. The US Chemical Safety Board was investigating this accident and had released a report about the Hydrogen Sulfide incident, as was reported by us here. The […]
Continue ReadingWhy 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.
Continue ReadingThe Computer Security Reserach Center of the Information Technology laboratory of NIST (US National Institute of Standards and Technology) has published the final draft of its SP 800-160, Volume 2, which deals with cyber resiliency engineering framework that can be used, among other measures to protect Industrial Safety and Control Systems from cyber threats. This […]
Continue ReadingFeb1, 2019– Abhisam informs us that they have organized an traditional classroom style training workshop with hands-on exercises on HAZOP (Hazard and Operabililty Study) in Mumbai, India for those industry professionals who would like to get trained in this popular risk assessment technique. This training gives and opportunity to learn as well as get certified. […]
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