A complete list of tribune donors and sponsors can be viewed here. Animation of april 26, 2018, explosion and fire at the husky energy refinery in superior, wisconsin duration. Valero port arthur, texas, refinery shuts hcu, sru for. Jul 28, 2019 fertilizer explosion kills 581 in texas.
A midmorning fire started on board the frenchregistered vessel ss grandcamp docked in the port, and detonated her cargo of approximately 2,200 tons. A mixture of hydrocarbons and hydrogen flowed from. Over the last several years we have seen an increased demand for high quality distillate fuels and this is expected to continue over the next decade. Flange failure led to fire and unit shut down no community complaints were received by baaqmd shell oil products u. Citgo shut monday a shell claus offgas treating, or scot, unit at its corpus christi, texas, refinery for abut six days of maintenance. Association annual meeting, san antonio, texas, march 2931, 1987. Blood lessons ten years after a fiery explosion killed 15 in texas city, preventable deaths continue at refineries. Bp is facing a lawsuit brought by residents of texas who allege that one of the companys oil refineries located in texas city released 500,000 pounds of chemicals, including some 17,000 pounds of the carcinogen benzene, into the air between april 6 and may 16. The leak resulted from a malfunction in the hydrocracking unit called an ultracracker. The lightning caused a crude unit, two hydrotreaters and a delayed coker to shut down.
The blast from the explosion blew out the windows of. Most recently, bp bp monday restarted a resid hydrotreating unit at its texas city, texas refinery. A giant explosion occurs during the loading of fertilizer onto the freighter grandcamp at a pier in texas city, texas, on this day in 1947. An explosion and fire has hit valero energys 225,000 bbld texas city refinery, with no injuries reported. Environmental protection agency office of solid waste and emergency response chemical emergency preparedness and prevention office washington, d. Also, a hydrocracker remains shut at the refinery for repairs, the. Refinery hydrocracking unit explosion and fire damage assessment, martinez, california during january 1997, a 12inchdiameter pipe carrying reactor product ruptured in the hydrocracking complex of a refinery in martinez, california. Fifteen people were killed, more than 160 were injured, and more than 150 buildings were damaged or destroyed. Csb member sees bp texas plant safety improving the. After explosion, tosco handed biggest fine for state refinery.
It took firefighters approximately 512 hours to contain the blaze. Houston reuters valero energy corp shut a hydrocracking unit hcu and sulfur recovery unit sru at its 335,000barrelperday bpd port arthur, texas, refinery on monday, said sources familiar with plant operations. Hydroprocessing hydrotreating hydrocracking samson. The texas city refinery explosion occurred on march 23, 2005, when a hydrocarbon vapor cloud was ignited and violently exploded at the isom isomerization process unit at bps texas city refinery in texas city, texas, killing 15 workers, injuring 180 others and severely damaging the refinery. Trial begins against bp over texas refinery emissions reuters. The texas city refinery was the secondlargest oil refinery in the state, and the thirdlargest in the.
Hydrocracking, processing heavy feedstocks to maximize high. Animation of 2015 explosion at exxonmobil refinery in. Jan 23, 2019 a report on the explosion found that tosco had ignored employee reports of mechanical problems with the hydrocracker unit, and that these problems were due to tosco managements serious. After explosion, tosco handed biggest fine for state refinery management blamed for workers death, injuries to 46 california worker safety regulators thursday slapped tosco corp. Vacuum tower leak causes brief fire at alons 67,000 bd. Bp and valero are corporate sponsors of the texas tribune. The hydrocracking unit in the refinery has been shut down. Catalytic hydrocracking vgo feed uses dual function catalyst reaction scheme. Hydrocracker explosion and fire at bp oil, grangemouth. Mynah technologies, chesterfield, mo abstract the paper presents a case study on development and implementation of the operator training system for a greenfield hydrocracker unit at a large north american refinery. Last turnaround i was at last from jan 1, 2005jan 30th,2005, 12 hrs a day, 7 days a week.
Unlike motivas experience, in july 2009, pasadena refinings pasadena, texas, complex experienced a lightning strike that disabled all power to the red bluff tank farm, which resulted in loss of feed to the refinerys crude unit. Thus hydrocracking becomes the technology of choice to address this market need. The 45,000bpd 942 hcu is scheduled to be shut until midseptember while the 545 sru will be out of production for about 25. Amoco texas city later bp marathon lcfining 75k bpd 3.
A tosco hydrocracker operator checking a field temperature panel at the base. Hydrocracker explosion and fire at bp oil, grangemouth refinery. The second phase of its court case over the 2010 explosion of the deepwater horizon drilling rig and rupture of bps macondo. A mixture of hydrocarbons and hydrogen flowed from the ruptured pipe and ignited.
After the explosion, chevron activated its emergency response procedures and notified area agencies. Bp reported to the texas commission on environmental quality that over 500,000 pounds of chemicals was released into the air between april 6 and may 16, when a hydrocracking unit at the refinery. Epa chemical accident investigation report tosco avon. Explosion hits valeros texas city refinery news the. Animation of 2015 explosion at exxonmobil refinery in torrance, ca. Chemical safety board said at an industry conference this week. On saturday 21 march 1987 the hydrocracker unit was being recommissioned following a routine shut down. It was reportedly heard 8km away and shook buildings within 1. Valero energy corp shut a hydrocracking unit hcu and sulfur recovery unit sru at its 335,000barrelperday bpd port arthur, texas, refinery on monday, said sources familiar with plant.
Hoil unit explosion and fire at esso bayway in 1970 was a major obstacle hri believed a comprehensive analysis provided exoneration. Epa550r98009 november 1998 epa chemical accident investigation report tosco avon refinery martinez, california u. Bp reported to the texas commission on environmental quality that over 500,000 pounds of chemicals was released into the air between april 6 and may 16, when a. Within the hydrocarbon processing industry hpi, particularly the petrochemical sector, there remains an irritating series of reactions associated with acid gas removal agr using dilute caustic sodanamely, aldol condensation reactions and their respective products. The texas city disaster was an industrial accident that occurred april 16, 1947, in the port of texas city, texas, at galveston bay. Hydrocracking, processing heavy feedstocks to maximize. Jul 02, 2008 bp texas city refinery hits brief snag. Jan 12, 2015 a fire that started after an explosion on jan. Process safety performance cannot be measured using ltis this case study could be used to trigger some useful, practical discussions with your offshore employees. An explosion and fire led to the fatal injury of seven employees when a nearly fortyyearold heat exchanger catastrophically failed during a maintenance operation to switch a process stream between two parallel banks of exchangers at the tesoro refinery in anacortes, washington. Hydrocracker blamed sources familiar with work at the plant said. The accident occurred while the hydrocracking unit was being reset during a restart procedure. Explosion, fire cause extensive damage at husky energys ohio.
Tosco avon refinery, martinez, california epa archives. Firefighters pour water on a smoldering unit following an explosion that killed at least 15 people and injured more than 100 at the bp refinery, march 23, 2005, in texas city, texas. S martinez refinery november 8, 2005 at the fcc unit, a 1 to 2 foot diameter slurry. History, stories, and lessons learned from resid hydrocracking. The explosion on thursday is thought to have occurred at the sites 12,000 bbld alkylation unit, reuters reports. Vlo said tuesday that the fluid catalytic cracking unit at its memphis, tenn. Sep 11, 20 the four suits allege that people were harmed when the refinery released vapors into the atmosphere from its hydrocracking unit during a 40day period in 2010. Sep 11, 20 trial begins against bp over texas refinery emissions. Animation of april 26, 2018, explosion and fire at the husky. Bp texas explosion free download as powerpoint presentation. Explosion, fire cause extensive damage at husky energys. Texas city refinery was the site of an explosion in march 2005.
Port arthur, texas, refinery, sources familiar with plant operations said on. Seba port arthur, texas, aug 19 reuters a fire at the largest. It was not clear whether the outage was planned or unplanned, nor was the duration noted in the filing to texas state regulators. The hydrocracker explosion and fire at bp oil, grangemouth refinery. May 03, 2017 animation of 2015 explosion at exxonmobil refinery in torrance, ca. There have been nights he wouldnt come home from works and theyd talk about an explosion, spill, or a fire at the plant.
Trial began on wednesday in the first four of 48,000 civil lawsuits filed against bp plc for pollution from the 460,196 barrel per day bpd refinery it owned in texas city, texas until early this. In the 2005 texas city blast, for instance, all of the 15 workers killed were contractors. Aria 12271 april 15th, 1947 united states texas city. Operations personnel shut down unit and activatd fire monitors on the unit. On april 17, 20, an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at the west fertilizer company storage and distribution facility in west, texas, eighteen miles 29 km north of waco, while emergency services personnel were responding to an arson fire at the facility. Hydrotreating is a process of removing unwanted impurities such as sulfur, nitrogen, and metals by reacting with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst. Hydroprocessing refers to two separate but similar processes, hydrotreating and hydrocracking. And a scot unit shut down for unknown reasons wednesday at total usas tot port arthur, texas. Aug 04, 2010 bp reported to the texas commission on environmental quality that over 500,000 pounds of chemicals was released into the air between april 6 and may 16, when a hydrocracking unit at the refinery. Valero port arthur, texas refinery shuts hydrotreater. Explosion of a superheater within a steamcracking unit. On january 21, 1997, an explosion and fire occurred at the hydrocracker unit of the. Hoil unit explosion and fire at esso bayway in 1970 was a major obstacle.
Processing heavier feed stocks poses many challenges to the hydrocracking unit. A fire occurred which led to the shutdown and restart of the hydrocracker. Sep 11, 20 by erwin seba houston reuters trial began on wednesday in the first four of 48,000 civil lawsuits filed against bp plc for pollution from the 460,196 barrel per day bpd refinery it owned in texas city, texas until early this year, according to court documents. A report on the explosion found that tosco had ignored employee reports of mechanical problems with the hydrocracker unit, and that these problems were due. Major accidents at chemicalrefinery plants hazardous. Arkema reported to the texas commission that over 62,000 pounds of chemicals. Csb member sees bp texas plant safety improving managers at bp plcs refinery in texas city, texas, are headed in the right direction to improve safety at the plant, where a 2005 explosion killed 15 workers and injured 180, a member of the u. In 2008, an explosion in the pesticide manufacturing unit at bayer. Reports said that the black smoke was visible across the bay in san francisco and marin county. Trial begins against bp over texas refinery emissions. After explosion, tosco handed biggest fine for state. Update 5fire hobbles motiva oil refinery, biggest in u. Bp texas city refinery hits brief snag marketwatch. The four suits allege that people were harmed when the refinery released vapors into the atmosphere from its hydrocracking unit during a 40day period in 2010.
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