Dec 2, 2016 #1 EmmanuelTop Chemical Sep 28, 2006 1,237 Oil refinery erupts in flames Dejan IVANOVIC Process Engineer, MSChE
Dec 2, 2016 #2 marty007 Mechanical Mar 8, 2012 622 Scary. My thoughts go out to the workers and their families. People were likely seriously hurt or killed given the size of the fireball. Upvote 0 Downvote
Scary. My thoughts go out to the workers and their families. People were likely seriously hurt or killed given the size of the fireball.
Dec 5, 2016 #3 ScottyUK Electrical May 21, 2003 12,915 Especially scary when you work in a big petrochemical plant. I hope it is just a ruined plant and the people there are OK. The rest of it can be replaced and rebuilt. Upvote 0 Downvote
Especially scary when you work in a big petrochemical plant. I hope it is just a ruined plant and the people there are OK. The rest of it can be replaced and rebuilt.
Dec 6, 2016 #4 BigInch Petroleum Jun 21, 2006 15,161 A lot of these plants don't have anybody working inside, near the process, full time. It's usually outside contract maintenance workers that take the hit. Hopefully there was nobody near enough to the explosion to get hurt. Upvote 0 Downvote
A lot of these plants don't have anybody working inside, near the process, full time. It's usually outside contract maintenance workers that take the hit. Hopefully there was nobody near enough to the explosion to get hurt.
