plant explosion in Westlake, LA

[Pstraw]

It blowed the soot out of it from the looks of those pics above ^^^.

Hope the injuries aren't too severe.

[jaker_cc]

Why is this happening so regularly?? I’m not in the industry so I don’t know how those plants work.

[Bayouboy]

That’s a lot of fire for an empty tank

Empty tanks can sometimes be the worst with lots of residue and vapors.

[BTLowry]

Prayers for the injured and for no fatalities

[cwill]

Terrible! I used to work in that plant as a contractor and would frequent the EDC unit. That is some bad stuff!

[Tomkat70]

Prayers for all involved and the community

[sailor]

Prayers for all involved and the community

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[PondPopper]

Why is this happening so regularly?? I’m not in the industry so I don’t know how those plants work.

I've been in this industry since 1988.. These plants(no matter the company)are getting older and there is entirely to much "acceptable risk" these days.. This acceptable risk can have catastrophic consequences at times. The can gets kicked down the road year after year.. Maintenance on equipment, mainly piping and vessels, is dollar driven instead of safety driven.. The bottom line is all about the profits and bonuses..

[Strummer]

Company I work for had a EDC tank blow up . It was being taking out of service. EDC goes boom very easy. I work with it almost every day at work .

[slayr]

I've been in this industry since 1988.. These plants(no matter the company)are getting older and there is entirely to much "acceptable risk" these days.. This acceptable risk can have catastrophic consequences at times. The can gets kicked down the road year after year.. Maintenance on equipment, mainly piping and vessels, is dollar driven instead of safety driven.. The bottom line is all about the profits and bonuses..

This is just absolutely not true with the vast majority of big oil producers/refiners/Chem plants.

[PondPopper]

This is just absolutely not true with the vast majority of big oil producers/refiners/Chem plants.

Sure it is.. But we realize the risk when we accept the job.. What do you do for a living?

Click and open file.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjozojbp9D1AhX1m2oFHWYqCSwQFnoECAwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.csb.gov%2Ffile.aspx%3FDocumentId%3D5596&usg=AOvVaw2FBmyLqUL5Sj923O88CV67

And don't forget to study up on what caused the Deep Water Horizon catastrophe..

I can give as many as you want..

[slayr]

Let’s don’t paint with that broad of a brush. As we both know, several factors involved in that incident.

Incident rates have been on a steady decline in the petro industry over the 2-3 decades. There are stats out there you can fact check with…AFPM, IOGP, ACC, etc. Each of those publish industry stats on an annual basis. Are these places safe havens where absolutely no one is going to get hurt…no, but they’re much safer than some of the other industries out there.

From your article:

‘ 1.5 Key Technical Findings
1. The ISOM startup procedure required that the level control valve on the raffinate splitter tower be used to send liquid from the tower to storage. However, this valve was closed by an operator and the tower was filled for over three hours without any liquid being removed. This led to flooding of the tower and high pressure, which activated relief valves that discharged flammable liquid to the blowdown system.’

[PondPopper]

Let’s don’t paint with that broad of a brush. As we both know, several factors involved in that incident.

Incident rates have been on a steady decline in the petro industry over the 2-3 decades. There are stats out there you can fact check with…AFPM, IOGP, ACC, etc. Each of those publish industry stats on an annual basis. Are these places safe havens where absolutely no one is going to get hurt…no, but they’re much safer than some of the other industries out there.

What do you do for a living?

Start on page 210 (Item 12)..

[slayr]

What do you do for a living?

Start on page 210 (Item 12)..

I work in Oil and Gas.

[lovemylegacy]

I've been in this industry since 1988.. These plants(no matter the company)are getting older and there is entirely to much "acceptable risk" these days.. This acceptable risk can have catastrophic consequences at times. The can gets kicked down the road year after year.. Maintenance on equipment, mainly piping and vessels, is dollar driven instead of safety driven.. The bottom line is all about the profits and bonuses..

Bingo. This plant was the same one that had the release during Laura.