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#Thursday #TruthOfTheDay…#Oil #Gas #Petroleum #Companies have a HORRIBLE #SafetyAtWork #HR / #OSHA #TrackRecord! #WTF! 🤬 The oil and gas extraction sector stands out as one of the riskiest industries, boasting one of the highest fatality rates across all sectors. While safety management remains a paramount concern for most petroleum companies, it's challenging to eliminate the inherent dangers of oil and gas fields entirely. Consequently, these companies must strive to minimize safety violations and enhance resource management to the best of their abilities.

CBS New Release On September 20, 2022, at approximately 6:46 p.m., a vapor cloud ignited causing a flash fire at the BP-Husky Refining LLC (“BP-Husky”) refinery in Oregon, Ohio. The vapor cloud formed when two BP Products North America Inc. (“BP”) employees released flammable liquid naphtha from a pressurized vessel to the ground. As a result of the fire, both BP employees, who were brothers, were fatally injured. In addition, the events of the day caused approximately $597 million in property damage including loss of use.b BP estimated over 23,000 pounds of naphtha were released during the event. No off-site impacts were reported. To date, this is the largest fatal incident at a BP operated petroleum refinery since the fatal accident at the BP Texas City Refinery in 2005, which resulted in the deaths of 15 workers and injured 180 other people. The vessel typically contained only vapor (fuel gas for furnaces and boilers). However, during the incident, the vessel filled with liquid naphtha when an upstream tower overflowed naphtha into a vapor bypass line directly to the vessel. The upstream tower overflowed liquid naphtha through the vapor bypass line after a board operator opened a closed valve sending liquid naphtha to the tower operating in a vapor-only mode. Other refinery units had been shut down due to a loss of containment incident that occurred earlier that morning. The initial process upset, the subsequent events and operational decisions made on September 20, 2022, led to liquid naphtha filling the vessel, which normally contained fuel gas. The vessel then overflowed into vapor piping feeding downstream furnaces and boilers. While draining the overflowing vessel as fast as they could pursuant to the board operator’s directive communicated via radio, the BP employees opened the vessel and released liquid naphtha to the ground. The refinery is located in Oregon, Ohio east of the city of Toledo and was operated by BP at the time of the incident. However, it is now owned and operated by Ohio Refining Company LLC (“ORC”) an ultimate subsidiary of Cenovus Energy Inc. (“Cenovus”).d This report will refer to the refinery as the “BP Toledo Refinery”. regards, Bai

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On March 23, 2005, at 1:20 p.m., the BP Texas City Refinery suffered explosions and fires that killed 15 people, 180 injured and resulted in financial losses exceeding $1.5 billion. The incident occurred during the startup of an isomerization (ISOM) unit when a raffinate splitter tower was overfilled; pressure relief devices opened, resulting in a flammable liquid discharge from a blowdown stack that was not equipped with a flare. The release of flammables led to an explosion and fire. The BP refinery in Texas City, 30 miles southeast of Houston, can produce about 10 million gallons of gasoline per day (about 2.5 percent of the gasoline sold in the United States) for markets primarily in the Southeast, Midwest, and along the East Coast. It also produces jet fuels, diesel fuels, and chemical feedstocks; 29 oil refining units and four chemical units cover its 1,200-acre site. The refinery employs approximately 1,800 BP workers, and at the time of the incident, approximately 800 contractor workers were onsite supporting turnaround13 work. https://lnkd.in/dV7KJS_r

"Fatal Naphtha Release and Fire at BP-Husky Toledo Refinery" On September 20, 2022, at approximately 6:46 p.m., a vapor cloud ignited causing a flash firea at the BP-Husky Refining LLC (“BP-Husky”) refinery in Oregon, Ohio. The vapor cloud formed when two BP Products North America Inc. (“BP”) employees released flammable liquid naphtha from a pressurized vessel to the ground. As a result of the fire, both BP employees, who were brothers, were fatally injured. In addition, the events of the day caused approximately $597 million in property damage including loss of use. BP estimated over 23,000 pounds of naphtha were released during the event. No off-site impacts were reported. To date, this is the largest fatal incident at a BP operated petroleum refinery since the fatal accident at the BP Texas City Refinery in 2005, which resulted in the deaths of 15 workers and injured 180 other people. The vessel typically contained only vapor (fuel gas for furnaces and boilers). However, during the incident, the vessel filled with liquid naphtha when an upstream tower overflowed naphtha into a vapor bypass line directly to the vessel. The upstream tower overflowed liquid naphtha through the vapor bypass line after a board operator opened a closed valve sending liquid naphtha to the tower operating in a vapor-only mode. Other refinery units had been shut down due to a loss of containment incident that occurred earlier that morning. The initial process upset, the subsequent events and operational decisions made on September 20, 2022, led to liquid naphtha filling the vessel, which normally contained fuel gas. The vessel then overflowed into vapor piping feeding downstream furnaces and boilers. While draining the overflowing vessel as fast as they could pursuant to the board operator’s directive communicated via radio, the BP employees opened the vessel and released liquid naphtha to the ground. The refinery is located in Oregon, Ohio east of the city of Toledo and was operated by BP at the time of the incident. However, it is now owned and operated by Ohio Refining Company LLC (“ORC”) an ultimate subsidiary of Cenovus Energy Inc. (“Cenovus”) This report will refer to the refinery as the “BP Toledo Refinery #csb #ccps #psm #BP #husky

March 23 , 2005 The BP refinery in Texas city, One of the worst disasters in the history of oil refining occurred. when a vapor cloud of natural gas and petroleum ignited and violently exploded at the isomerization (ISOM) process unit at the BP Texas City refinery in Texas City, Texas, killing 15 workers, injuring 180 others and severely damaging the refinery. The events cussed this catastrophe to happen are Poor SIS, miscommunication among employees, uncalibrated level gauge and absence of experienced shift supervision.

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Due to exceptionally cold temperatures in the region, more than 1.4mn bpd of the US Gulf Coast’s refining capacity remained offline as of January 23. A combination of extreme cold and planned work in the region led to a sudden surge in refinery outages, which initially peaked at 1.6mn bpd of offline CDU capacity on January 16. While temps in the region have since returned to seasonal norms, the amount of CDU capacity shut in PADD 3 has remained stubbornly high for this early in the year. As part of our North American Refinery Intelligence Service, we monitor refineries in real time utilising infrared technology, as well as providing reports and alerts on planned outages and their impact. Find out more: https://okt.to/pcdJAb #Refinery #OilandGas #Oil

Due to exceptionally cold temperatures in the region, more than 1.4mn bpd of the US Gulf Coast’s refining capacity remained offline as of January 23. A combination of extreme cold and planned work in the region led to a sudden surge in refinery outages, which initially peaked at 1.6mn bpd of offline CDU capacity on January 16. While temps in the region have since returned to seasonal norms, the amount of CDU capacity shut in PADD 3 has remained stubbornly high for this early in the year. As part of our North American Refinery Intelligence Service, we monitor refineries in real time utilising infrared technology, as well as providing reports and alerts on planned outages and their impact. Find out more: https://okt.to/tE5eJd #Refinery #OilandGas #Oil

Due to exceptionally cold temperatures in the region, more than 1.4mn bpd of the US Gulf Coast’s refining capacity remained offline as of January 23. A combination of extreme cold and planned work in the region led to a sudden surge in refinery outages, which initially peaked at 1.6mn bpd of offline CDU capacity on January 16. While temps in the region have since returned to seasonal norms, the amount of CDU capacity shut in PADD 3 has remained stubbornly high for this early in the year. As part of our North American Refinery Intelligence Service, we monitor refineries in real time utilizing infrared technology, as well as providing reports and alerts on planned outages and their impact. Find out more: https://okt.to/LnUSTF #Refinery #OilandGas #Oil