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Leak On A Kerosene Pipeline

Leak on a kerosene pipeline

  • ALLEMAGNE
A kerosene leak (A1 jet category) was detected on a pipeline (nominal diameter DN: 108, pressure: 13.8 bar, operational since: 1942) connecting a refinery to a storage area outside the oil platform site. The quantity of lost product was estimated[...]
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Paraffin Leak On A Pipeline In A Refinery

Paraffin leak on a pipeline in a refinery

  • ALLEMAGNE
During transfer of a hydrocarbon mix from a river barge to a refinery storage zone, a defect at the level of the pipe compensator caused a leak around 3 am. A number of steps had been taken the day before to[...]
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Explosion In An Plant Manufacturing Polymers

Explosion in an plant manufacturing polymers

  • FRANCE
In an upper-tier Seveso-rated plant manufacturing polymers used for water treatment applications, and despite the differentiated storage and packaging zones, a technician assigned the morning shift poured by mistake 1 to 2 kg of sodium hypophosphite classified non-hazardous into a[...]
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Explosion And Fire At A Chemical Plant

Explosion and fire at a chemical plant

  • PAYS-BAS
In a chemical plant producing mainly cellulose derivatives, an explosion and fire occurred at about 4 pm during the restart of a production line stopped for 9 h after a breakdown. The commissioning of the vacuum belt filter by the[...]
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H2S Release In A Refinery

H2S release in a refinery

  • BELGIQUE
At 11.57 AM a power failure occurred in a refinery. The supply of electrical power was cut off, as a result of the failure of the main power line during maintenance. Because of this the refinery was almost completely powerless,[...]
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Methomyl Explosion And Fire At A Pesticide Plant

Methomyl explosion and fire at a pesticide plant

  • ETATS-UNIS
Inside a pesticides plant with 520 employees, a 17-m³ reservoir used to treat methomyl residues in a methylisobutyl ketone (MTBK) solvent suddenly rose in pressure at 10:20 pm and exploded 15 min later, seriously damaging the production unit, ripping apart[...]
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Breakage Of An Oil Tank

Breakage of an oil tank

  • FRANCE
The bottom of a 13,500 m³ containing 12,000 m³ of light crude oil tank ripped open at 8:00 am within an oil depot. The earthen dikes surrounding the retention basin withstood the wave effect; 2,000 m³ of oil still overflowed[...]
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Release Of LPG At A Railcar Tank Loading Station

Release of LPG at a railcar tank Loading station

  • FRANCE
Approximately 2 kg of propane were released into the atmosphere at an LPG filling centre (Seveso installation) and designed to supply customers throughout the region.A tank car was moved while it was being loaded, causing a gas leak. Positioned at[...]
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Leak On Grey Cast Iron Pipe

Leak on grey cast iron pipe

  • FRANCE
At around 5 p.m., a massive explosion destroyed a 4-storey building consisting of 10 flats, killing 17 people and injuring 15 others. Two semi-detached council housing buildings were damaged (10 flats). One hundred firemen intervened, assisted by search and rescue teams:[...]
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