Little General Store Propane Explosion, Ghent, WV (01/30/2007)
- To use propane as fuel inside a building
Video
Exercise
BP America Refinery Explosion, Texas City, TX (03/23/2005)
- Very high pressure, causing a geyser-like release from the vent stack
Video
Incident Report
Exercise
DPC Enterprises Festus Chlorine Release, Festus, MO (08/14/2002)
- Excess flow. Wrong design of the excess flow valve
Video
Incident Report
Exercise
ExxonMobil Refinery Explosion, Torrance, CA (2/18/2015)
- Fluid cracking unit (STTR) vapor and catalyst separated and coke on catalyst burned in regnerator. Coke particles found their way into electrostatic precipitator and explosion occurred
- One of the slide valves malfunctioned
- Hydrocarbon flammability unknown
- Bad decision taken by the team with regard to steam injection
Video
Incident Report
Exercise