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Fire in Visbreaker distillation column

Published on 02/01/24 246 Views

Reconnecting the B bottom pump of a visbreaker distillation column, resulted in a hot hydrocarbon release and fire. The work took place behind a single valve that was not fully closed and released a sludge plug when the blind to the pump was unbolted.

Ask yourself and your crew:

  • How can something like this happen here (e.g. on our site)?
  • What safety measures (i.e. procedures, controls/barriers) do we have in place to mitigate the risk?
  • How do we know the risk controls/barriers are working?
  • What improvements or changes should we make to the procedures, controls/barriers, or the way we work?

Original material courtesy of the European Process Safety Centre