martedì 3 novembre 2015

nov 03, 2015
This month CBS issued the final investigation report into the 2009 massive explosion at the Caribbean Petroleum. A very interesting video is available on the CSB’s website  as well as YouTube. Today I do not want to talk about the Fire at Caribbean Petroleum Terminal Facility, but that accident reminds me of another event...

martedì 12 maggio 2015

mag 12, 2015
Some week ago, I was intrigued by the title of a movie "Hellfighters", in which John Wayne portrayed Paul “Red” Adair. Maybe you are wondering who this man is. Just to mention some of his feats I can remember the Piper Alpha and the Devil’s Cigarette Lighter. Adair began fighting oil well fires after returning from serving in a bomb disposal...

venerdì 6 febbraio 2015

feb 06, 2015
In the following video, a hydrocarbon gas release occurred in a Refinery on July 2009 in Texas: (in case of problem to see the video click here) In my experience, I have often discussed with people having a strange idea: for them in order to avoid a gas explosion in their plant the Hazardous area classification is enough (and you can understand...

lunedì 19 gennaio 2015

gen 19, 2015
The Blowout occurred on the Deep Water Horizon is one of the most famous disasters of recent times. Defined as an “uncontrolled release of fluid from a well”, Blowout is widely perceived as one of the main accident hazard offshore (perhaps because major blowouts tend to persist for long enough to be widely reported). For me one of the most...

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