May 02, 2017 police in scotland have evacuated a major oil refinery near edinburgh after a gas leak. Currently operated by petroineos, it is the only crude oil refinery in scotland and will be the only operating oil refinery following the cessation of refining activities at the dundee refinery. Historically part of the county of stirlingshire, the town lies in the forth valley, on the banks of the firth of forth, 3 miles 4. Grangemouth oil refinery owner tells workers they face dday. Best available techniques bat reference document for. Lack of hazid hazard identification sinking of the titanic, north atlantic, april 15, 1912 sinking of the petrobras p36 semisubmersible production vessel, roncador field, brazil, may 15, 2001 esso longford gas plant explosion, australia, september 25, 1998 explosion at bp grangemouth hydrocracker, march 22, 1987 reactive chemicals. To download the full version of this article please subscribe to our technical library. Three enforcement actions have been taken for the bp oil grangemouth refinery limited since 1988. Fifteen months before the incident occurred it had been noticed that the flare line isolation valve v17 was passing.
Construction begins on new hydrocracker at rotterdam refinery. Esso longford gas plant explosion, australia, september 25, 1998. Ppt getting hse right powerpoint presentation free to. Dec 22, 2010 this is a short video i took of the flames coming from teh bp oil refinery in grangemouth, these flames have been like this since last night. Bp oil grangemouth refinery helensburgh argyll and.
Description of the sites 8 bp oil grangemouth refinery ltd is part of bp oil international. Mar 05, 2007 explosion at bp refinery, texas city, texas. Grangemouth is a town in the falkirk council area, scotland. Grangemouth refinery is a mature complex oil refinery located on the firth of forth in grangemouth, scotland. It is reputedly the uks secondoldest refinery, and. Firefighters with six engines and a command unit attended the blaze, which was in a part of the site called the hydrocracker unit. On saturday 21 march 1987 the hydrocracker unit was being recommissioned following a routine. The site occupies 650 hectares of land on the mediterranean coast and is one of the largest petrochemicals sites in europe. May 08, 2017 the refinery is only one of several facilities, including a major chemicals plant, operated by ineos at grangemouth despite the bias of the journalistic reporting, ineos would like to point out that sepa has rated the grangemouth site, scotlands largest industrial site, as being excellent or good in four out of five of its compliance assessment scheme reports in 2016, said the. Explosion at bp grangemouth hydrocracker, march 22. Get contact details, videos, photos, opening times and map directions. Galps sines is set to undergo two maintenance halts this quarter and next, including work on the fluid catalytic cracker in q4 and the hydrocracker in q1. Jan 18, 2002 the oil and chemicals giant, bp, has been fined. Bp grangemouth refinery is located at falkirk, west lothian, united kingdom.
The oil industry first gained a foothold in grangemouth with the arrival of the anglo persian oil company later to become bp in 1910. Hydrocracker revamp for grangemouth refinery digital refining. Grangemouth refinery is a mature oil refinery complex located on the firth of forth in grangemouth, scotland. Hydrocracker explosion and fire at bp oil, grangemouth refinery. European refineries meet the standard of the osloparis commission of 3. Major incident investigation report bp grangemouth scotland 29th may 10th june 2000 a public report prepared by the hse on behalf of the competent authority date of publication 18th august 2003 2. Brazil, may 15, 2001 esso longford gas plant explosion, australia, september 25, 1998 explosion at bp grangemouth hydrocracker, march 22, 1987 reactive chemicals. Incidents that define process safety john atherton, bp plc retired. The falkirk east labour mp said the incident was the seventh at the complex since last july and came just hours after he had questioned managers of the bp refinery.
Our products are used extensively in the petrochemical industry and transformed into bottles and pipes, cabling and insulation, food packaging and. Mar 09, 2017 oil giant bp has cancelled plans to build a new gasfired combined heat and power chp plant at kinneil oil terminal in grangemouth. The investment that represents almost 40m will help maintain the efficiency and reliability of the lavera refinery. Emergency services, including a hazardous response unit, are at the ineos petrochemical plant in grangemouth. Three days later, in a separate incident, there was a large fire after. Bp cancels plans for new grangemouth power plant bbc news. It is also home to petroineos, scotlands only crude oil refinery and produces the bulk of fuels used in scotland. In a prosecution in 1988, the oil refinery was fined. The lavera refinery is currently in the process of installing two new reactors in its hydrocracker unit to replace three reactors that have reached the end of their useful mechanical life. Process safety john atherton, bp plc retired frederic gil, bp plc.
Every night in falkirk in the central lowlands of scotland, smoke from the nearby grangemouth oil refinery engulfs the town, and the lights from. Everyone who works for bp, anywhere, is responsible for getting hse right. Police scotland the suspect is one of a gang of nine teenagers who were congregating in the park. The 1997 explosion and fire at the tosco avon refinery, martinez, california, 31, the 1998 disaster at the equilon refinery in anacortes, washington 32, and a 2000 incident at bp grangemouth 30 28 provided. The lone worker unaccounted for after an explosion at a bp oil refinery has died, raising the death toll to 15 in a blast that also injured more than 100 people, officials said thursday. Grangemouth refinery project gutenberg selfpublishing. However, a major explosion and fire in 1987 disabled the unit for more than two. About 40 firefighters have attended a blaze at the giant grangemouth oil refinery. Can we still use learnings from past major incidents in non. The small fire started just after 0200 bst on saturday when oil spilled onto piping at the plant in stirlingshire. Bp oils grangemouth refinery has completed an extensive revamp of its hydrocracker and fcc, reducing production of fuel oil and upgrading to middle distillates to meet a growing market need. Up to 400 temporary jobs were expected to be created if the. It is, however, also possible to fire refinery gas as part of the fuel. Air france concorde crash, paris, france, july 25, 2000 february 1,2003 march 6, 1987.
Oct 17, 20 the owner of the grangemouth oil refinery has told its 1,300 workers they face d day as it demanded they accept cuts to jobs and pensions plus other changes to their working conditions to keep. Major incident report bp grangemouth scotland 29th may to. The british r101 airship disaster, france, october 5, 1930 hydrocracker effluent pipe rupture, tosco, avon refinery, california, usa, january 21, 1997 bp texas city isomerisation unit explosion. Meanwhile, portuguese union members at petrogal, the operator of the countrys two refineries, porto and sines, were due to end a weeklong strike monday, related to pay and working hours. A report by the health and safety executive into fires and explosion at grangemouth and dalmeny, scotland. A court hears the grangemouth substation went on fire after being uprooted by the collision. At the, then bp, grangemouth refinery, some 7 kilometres to the wnw, tragically, an explosion in a seperator tank had killed two refinery workers. No accidents no harm to people no damage to the environment. Control of major accident hazards comah case study. The accident occurred while the hydrocracking unit was being reset during a restart procedure subsequent to a. The oil and chemicals giant, bp, has been fined 1m for breaching safety laws at its grangemouth refinery in central scotland.
The fires and explosion at bp oil grangemouth refinery. The fires and explosion at bp oil grangemouth refinery ltd. The hydrocracker explosion and fire at bp oil, grangemouth refinery. To find out more about what cookies are, how we use them and how to delete them, see our cookie statement. The company pleaded guilty at falkirk sheriff court to two charges relating to two incidents in two days at the complex on the firth of forth last year. Construction begins on new hydrocracker at rotterdam refinery we use cookies to help personalise your web experience and improve our websites. The hydrocracker explosion and fire at bp oil bp man made. Dec, 2017 ineos has begun shutting units at its grangemouth oil refinery in scotland due to the unplanned outage at its forties north sea crude pipeline, which threatens to choke the plants feedstock.
Incidents that define process safety ccps center for. Esso longford gas plant explosion, australia, september 25, 1998 p. A report of the investigations by the health and safety executive into. Every night in falkirk in the central lowlands of scotland, smoke from the nearby grangemouth oil refinery engulfs the town, and the lights from the industrial complex make the fog glow bright orange. Bringing you a comprehensive selection of legislation, regulations, guidance, standards, including bsi and best practice which is updated daily, you can find. Flaring at bp s kinneil plant, grangemouth duration. Derailment of lpg tankwagons followed by a uvce explosion and. Bps operations at grangemouth grew over the next twenty years to meet the growing demands for both petrochemicals and fuels. There is a strong history of solidarity at grangemouth. Oct 23, 20 the government is scrambling to save 800 jobs at the grangemouth petrochemicals site in scotland after its owner, ineos, abruptly closed the plant in a rancorous industrial dispute. Bp oils grangemouth refinery has completed an extensive revamp of its.
The chemicals operations share the site with the ineos refinery, which is the second largest refinery in france. Explosion at bp grangemouth hydrocracker, march 22, 1987. Animation of 2015 explosion at exxonmobil refinery in torrance, ca duration. Three major incidents occurred at the bp grangemouth petrochemical complex. We have new and used copies available, in 0 edition starting at. A fire broke out at the plant at about 0330bst on saturday and 14 fire engines were sent to bring it under control. It was decided however to wait for a scheduled shutdown of the catalytic cracker unit and no 1 flare before commencing work on the valve. Incidents that define process safety describes approximately fifty incidents that have had a significant impact on the chemical and refining industries approaches to modern process safety. Ineos breach at grangemouth risks catastrophic accident. Aug 06, 2010 major incident report bp grangemouth scotland 29th may to.
Initially the middle eastern oil landed here was piped to uphall in west lothian, to the refinery built for the areas longestablished oil shale industry. Ineos begins grangemouth shutdown after forties outage. Grangemouth represents ineos largest manufacturing site by volume of products. Destroyed in seconds chemical plant explosion duration. Operating practices the british r101 airship disaster, france, october 5, 1930 hydrocracker effluent pipe rupture, tosco, avon refinery, california, usa, january 21, 1997 bp texas city lsomerisation unit explosion, texas, usa, march 23, 2005 11. Texas, refinery disaster 29, and the 2000 bp grangemouth, scotland incidents 30. Cepsa said in august that it had successfully completed upgrades to the crude 2 120,000 bd and 2. Grangemouth plant shutdown leaves government fighting to save.
Explosion at ineos grangemouth 9th sept 2015 youtube. In linlithgow, a windowshaking explosion woke me on the early morning of sunday 22 march 1987. Currently operated by ineos, it is scotlands only oil refinery one of nine in the uk, and is also the uks secondoldest. Hertel total asset management htam has been awarded a threeyear contract to provide total valve management services to ineos at its grangemouth refinery.
Oct 29, 20 action at grangemouth petrochemical plant could have beaten boss. Explosion at bp grangemouth hydrocracker, march 22, 1987 reactive chemicals management of change. Grangemouth news, views, gossip, pictures, video daily record. An investigation has been promised after a second major incident at bp s grangemouth refinery in three days.
Man left with broken jaw after brutal gang attack in scots park. Currently operated by petroineos, it is the only crude oil refinery in scotland. Events are described in detail so readers get a fundamental understanding of the root causes, the consequences, the lessons learned, and actions that can prevent a recurrence. Action at grangemouth petrochemical plant could have beaten boss. But in 1924 a refinery was established on land near. Lack of hazid hazard identification john atherton bp plc. Hydrocracker explosion and fire at bp oil, grangemouth. Major incident investigation report 040803 i the powers of the health and safety commission and the health and safety executive. A report of the investigations by the health and safety executive into the fires and explosion at grangemouth and dalmeny, scotland, march, 22 march and 11 june 1987, isbn. Currently operated by petroineos, it is the only crude oil refinery in scotland and will be the only operating oil refinery following the cessation of refining activities at the dundee refinery and currently one of six in the uk. Jun 10, 2000 on wednesday, an explosion in a steam pipe at the complex led to calls from the local mp, michael connarty, for a reexamination of safety. Lack of hazid hazard identification incidents that. Explosion at bp grangemouth hydrocracker, march 22, 1987 reactive chemicals.
Buy the fires and explosion at bp oil grangemouth refinery ltd. The sheriff fined bp oil grangemouth refinery limited. Currently operated by petroineos, it is the only crude oil refinery in scotland and will be the only operating oil refinery following the cessation of refining activities at the dundee refinery 1 and currently one of six in the uk. A report of the investigations by the hse into the fires and explosions at. The explosion was considerable a 3 tonne piece of the separator being found one kilometre away on the foreshore. Three enforcement actions have been taken for the bp oil grangemouth refinery limited between 1988 and the incidents in 2000. Critics are warning that ineos has put communities around grangemouth at risk from a catastrophic accident. Good hse performance is critical to the success of our business. Bp tanker drivers there won a strike to defend their pensions earlier. Accident on the hydrocracker explosion and fire at bp oil, grangemouth refinery. A report of the investigations by the hse into the fires and explosions at grangemouthand dalmeny, scotland, march, 22 march and 11 june 1987 by health and safety executive hse online at alibris. A report of the investigations by the health and safety executive into the fires and.
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