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Ice ruptures unused pipe and causes fire! — Process Safety Beacon, October 2008
Ice ruptures unused pipe and causes fire! — Process Safety Beacon, October 2008
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- Process Safety Beacon October 2008
- Hot Work and FirePressure SystemsProcess Safety
- FireHydrocarbon releasePressure systemsProcess safety
- Decommissioning
- Process pipework and pipelinesValve
- Energy and process isolationManagement of changeOperating and work procedures
- Downstream and process industries
Summary
A refinery fire followed freezing of water accumulated in unused piping through a leaking isolation valve. Expansion cracked the pipe; subsequent thawing allowed propane to escape and ignite. The bulletin emphasises positive isolation, management-of-change review and winter preparation for equipment and low-flow pipe branches.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Process safety; major accident hazards.
Classifications: Decommissioning; facility dismantling.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Downstream and process industries; refining; petrochemicals.
Summary
Beacon on a fire that followed the rupture of an unused pipe by freezing water inside it.
Process Safety Beacon October 2008. Themes: hot work and fire, pressure systems, process safety.