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Lubrizol Fire Traced to Storage Facility Next Door, Le Monde says
Locker room heaters suspected as cause of the September 2019 chemical plant fire in France.
Locker room heaters suspected as cause of the September 2019 chemical plant fire in France.
Unit was in the process of being demolished.
The companies allegedly took advantage of 2015 Torrance Refinery explosion to launch scheme to raise gas prices statewide for their own profit
Suspect is also under investigation in the death of his four-month-old child
Accused eco-saboteur Joseph Dibee remained at large 12 years before arrest
Company recently donated production to make fabric for medical masks
Massive hydrocarbon release and ensuing explosion killed 15 and injured 180
Plains All American required to pay penalties, clean-up costs and natural resource assessment costs and damages
The former owner of an Alaska oil refinery has been ordered by state court to pay $29.4 million for releasing toxic solvents into the groundwater and polluting water wells nearby.
Rusoh's Eliminator is a reloadable dry-chemical fire extinguisher that provides specific advantages over traditional pressurized fire extinguishers, according to the company.
There are hundreds of thousands of API storage tanks in use across the United States. Relatively few of them catch fire or have anything catastrophic happen to them. But it’s always best to be prepared.
Unfortunately, even the most sophisticated detection and alarm systems have one inherent drawback: no alarm is of any value if no one is around to hear it and respond appropriately.
An internal floating roof's purpose is to create a seal between the tank and the atmosphere. Sealing a tank leaves no gap through which to distribute foam. Foam can be pumped in through a manhole.
Advanced's upgraded addressable carbon monoxide (CO) detector and low frequency sounder base has been designed to meet NFPA / UL low-frequency signalling standards for sleeping areas such as hospitals, hotels and multi-occupancy residential applications. The sounder base generates a 520 Hz tone to alert occupants of a fire or CO / life safety emergency.
The purpose of this document is to present a case for modifying NFPA and AWWA standards related to Fire Flow Testing of Hydrants so that identifying inoperative hydrants and inadequate water supplies can be done in the most efficient and economical way.
