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4 dead 3 severely burned in refinery explosion

April 3, 2010 By TXsharon

Thank you to anonymous commenter for the heads up on this.

Deadly Washington blast is latest refinery accident

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  1. Anonymous says

    April 3, 2010 at 6:16 am

    Now it's 5dead:

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_refinery_fire

  2. Durango says

    April 3, 2010 at 11:49 am

    It is now 5 dead.

  3. Anonymous says

    April 3, 2010 at 4:30 pm

    Why so many of these explosions lately? Equipment failure, different chemicals, untrained workers?

  4. TXsharon says

    April 3, 2010 at 4:35 pm

    There are more explosions lately for the same reason there are more instances of polluted water and air: domestic drilling agenda has exploded ('scuse the pun) for the "bridge fuel."

  5. Anonymous says

    April 3, 2010 at 9:00 pm

    Bet these "emissions" are NOT counted in the accumulation of emissions from that CLEAN BRIDGE FUEL???

  6. Mike H. says

    April 3, 2010 at 9:39 pm

    Here's why:

    http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-refinery-fire3-2010apr03,0,968295.story

    " "…We're seeing a disproportionate number of accidents at refineries, and they're quite serious in many cases," (The CSB's Daniel) Horowitz said.

    He said a number of recent accidents have stemmed from "mechanical integrity" problems, such as failure of piping, equipment or valves. "

    Cutting corners on maintenance spending, plain & simple.

  7. Anonymous says

    April 4, 2010 at 3:32 am

    O&G P&L Statement:

    Project 4314
    Revenue
    1H $12,000,000
    2H $13,000,000

    Drilling $5,000,000
    Gathering Lines $400,000
    ROW $500,000
    Valves $200,000
    Compressors $150,000
    Dehydration $60,000
    Royalties $5,000,000
    Vapor Recovery 0
    Liability Insurance $50,000
    —————————-
    Net Profit plenty

    To them, you are an insurance expense line item, assigned to a specific cost center, by the time management gets the reports, the lives are summarized out, no need for that level of detail.

  8. TXsharon says

    April 4, 2010 at 3:01 am

    Wow!

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