Feyzin - 04 January 1966

Incident: Propane Storage Sphere Rupture. Location: France. Keywords: BLEVE; deluge; Feyzin; fire; hydrate; ice; Joule-Thomson; procedure; rupture; sphere; training; valve. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Romeoville - 23 July 1984

Incident: Amine absorber catastrophic failure. Location: USA. Keywords: crack; embrittlement; explosion; FCC; HAZ; LPG; MEA; PWHT; Romeoville; rupture; SOHIC; SSC; weld. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Grangemouth - 22 March 1987

Incident: Vessel overpressure and catastrophic failure. Location: UK. Keywords: alarm; breakthrough; design; explosion; Grangemouth; HCU; hydrocracker; MoC; procedure; PSV; separator; training. Author: Peter Marsh.

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La Mède - 09 November 1992

Incident: Bypass Piping Rupture. Location: France. Keywords: building; bypass; control; corrosion; dead-leg; escalation; explosion; FCC; fire; inspection; La Mède; layout; pipe; roof; spacing; USGP; VCE. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Milford Haven - 24 July 1994

Incident: Flare line rupture. Location: United Kingdom. Keywords: alarm, corrosion, DCS, explosion, FCC, flare, maintenance, Milford, MoC, risk, rupture, troubleshooting. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Avon - 21 January 1997

Incident: Hydrocracker reactor temperature runaway. Location: USA. Keywords: abnormal; Avon; depressuring; emergency; exothermic; explosion; field; hydrocracking; management; pipe; procedure; PSM; reactor; runaway. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Avon - 23 February 1999

Incident: Naphtha Spill During Maintenance. Location: USA. Keywords: audit; Avon; corrosion; escape; fire; maintenance; MoC; naphtha; permit; procedure; risk; supervision; training; valve. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Izmit - 17 August 1999

Incident: Furnace Stack Collapse During Earthquake. Location: Turkey. Keywords: communication; earthquake; fire; foam; Izmit; Kocaeli; plan; pollution; power; response; rupture; sloshing; sprinkler; stack; water. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Grangemouth - 10 June 2000

Incident: Debutaniser drain line failure. Location: UK. Keywords: communication; cyclic, debutaniser; design; FCC; fatigue; fire; Grangemouth; inspection; learn; MoC; pipe; startup; support; tee; USGP; vibration. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Humber - 16 April 2001

Incident: Deethaniser overhead line rupture. Location: UK. Keywords: communication, corrosion, deethaniser, design, erosion, geometry, Humber, injection, MoC, USGP, washwater. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Ciniza - 08 April 2004

Incident: Hot alkylate release during pump maintenance. Location: USA. Keywords: breakdown; Ciniza; corrosion; explosion; fire; LOPC; LOTO; maintenance; MoC; preventative; pump; seal; valve. Author: Peter Marsh

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Texas City - 23 March 2005

Incident: Raffinate splitter liquid overfill. Location: USA. Keywords: blowdown, explosion, fatality, ISOM, MoC, NSU, overfill, procedure, PSV, splitter, Texas, trailer, vent. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Texas City - 28 July 2005

Incident: Hydrogen preheat exchanger outlet elbow rupture. Location: USA. Keywords: communication; design; elbow; exchanger; fire; fitting; HTHA; hydrogen; inherent; jet; PMI; procedure; QC; rupture; Texas. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Delaware City - 05 November 2005

Incident: Hydrocracker Reactor Nitrogen Asphyxiation. Location: USA. Keywords: asphyxiation; confined; Delaware; hydrocracker; nitrogen; oxygen; permit; procedure; purge; rescue. Author: Peter Marsh.

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McKee - 16 February 2007

Incident: Propane piping rupture. Location: USA. Keywords: chlorine, dead-leg, design, EBV, fire, fireproofing, freeze, McKee, MoC, rupture. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Anacortes - 02 April 2010

Incident: Catastrophic heat exchanger shell rupture. Location: USA. Keywords: Anacortes; clad; exchanger; explosion; fouling; HTHA; instrumentation; lining; Nelson; PWHT; rupture; shell. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Chiba - 11 March 2011

Incident: LPG Storage Tanks Rupture After Earthquake. Location: Japan. Keywords: Chiba; creeping; domino; earthquake; EBV; explosion; fire; LPG; Natech; seismic; Tohoku; valve; violation. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Pembroke - 04 June 2011

Incident: Lean Amine Tank Explosion. Location: UK. Keywords: amine; contractor; electrostatic; explosion; fire; hose; MoC; Pembroke; procedure; pyrophoric; risk; siphon; supervision; training. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Richmond - 06 August 2012

Incident: Light gas oil sidedraw line rupture. Location: USA. Keywords: CDU, corrosion, design, fire, fittings, HTSC, pipe, Richmond, risk, silicon, smoke. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Antwerp - 19 November 2013

Incident: steam explosion during valve maintenance. Location: Belgium. Keywords: Antwerp; bolt; caustic; clamp; corrosion; explosion; flange; leak; risk; SCC; steam; torque. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Martinez - 12 February 2014

Incident: Sulphuric acid release from acid sampling system. Location: USA. Keywords: acid; alkylation; burn; compression; culture; design; exposure; ferrule; leadership; Martinez; PPE; procedure; sample; training; tubing. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Torrance - 18 February 2015

Incident: FCC Electrostatic Precipitator Explosion. Location: USA. Keywords: erosion; ESP; FCC; explosion; HF; inspection; isolation; leak; maintenance; park; procedure; risk; SCSV; spark; Torrance; valve. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Baton Rouge - 22 November 2016

Incident: Isobutane release during maintenance. Location: USA. Keywords: alkylation; Baton; bonnet; cloud; fire; gearbox; hierarchy; human; isobutane; plug; procedure; release; training; valve. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Rotterdam - 21 August 2017

Incident: xylene column reboiler tube rupture and major fire. Location: Netherlands. Keywords: alarm; CoW; fire; furnace; maintenance; override; oversight; procedure; rupture; trip; risk; Rotterdam; standby. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Superior - 26 April 2018

Incident: FCC explosion and asphalt fire. Location: USA. Keywords: absorber; asphalt; barrier; brittle; bund; explosion; fire; FCC; HF; layout; pyrophoric; procedure; PSM; safeguard; SCSV; Superior; training; transient. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Girard Point - 21 June 2019

Incident: Hydrofluoric acid alkylation unit multiple explosions. Location: USA. Keywords: alkylation; BLEVE; copper; corrosion; elbow; explosion; fire; Girard; HF; inspection; nickel; PMI; rupture; safeguards; spray. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Martinez - 19 November 2023

Incident: Charge heater convection tube rupture. Location: USA. Keywords: afterburn, burner, furnace, heater, instrumentation, Martinez, overheating, PHA, plate, procedure, rupture, SOL, startup, TMT, trip, valve. Author: Peter Marsh.

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