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Update: Health and Safety First. Pathways Alliance Corporations and Partners Please Take All Safety Precautions. Wildfires threaten 430,000 barrels of Alberta oil production: Wildfires in Alberta are threatening more than 400,000 barrels per day of oil production. Suncor is still curtailing output at its Firebag oilsands facility because of wildfires in the region. The location that normally produces more than 200,000 barrels a day has been on reduced output for two weeks because of a major blaze and several smaller ones. Cenovus also moved some staff from its nearby Sunrise oilsands facility and Imperial is set to evacuate non-essential staff from nearby Kearl. A different three-hectare fire is burning near MEG Energy’s Christina Lake site, which makes 100,000 barrels a day. More than 47 new blazes have been identified across the province in the past day, and two dozen fires are currently deemed to be out of control.
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Suncor shuts Firebag oil sands site from Alberta wildfire, lifting Canadian crude prices https://ift.tt/s4D2VGU RiverNorthPhotography/iStock Not published via Getty Images Canadian heavy crude prices rose for the second day After Suncor Energy Company (New York Stock Exchange: SU) said it had reduced production at its Firebag oil sands site, a day after withdrawing all essential workers as a precaution due to Forest fires are getting out of control. In northern Alberta. Western Canadian Select crude’s discount to West Texas Intermediate crude fell to $13.65 a barrel on Friday from $14.70 a barrel in the previous session, Bloomberg reported. The facility produces up to 215,000 barrels of oil per day and employs a workforce from across Canada; the company’s website says there are typically about 400 people on site each day. The Alberta government said Thursday the fire was about 8 km northeast of Suncor’s (SU) main Firebag plant, 14 km northeast of Firebag Airport and 16 km east of Imperial Oil’s (IMO) Kearl oil sands facility. Suncor (SU) said its other oil sands operations were not at risk, while Imperial Oil (IMO) and Cenovus Energy (CVE), which has a plant in Sunrise to the south, said their operations had not been affected so far. Canada’s wildfire season has been quieter than last year so far, but large areas of western Canada are still burning. abnormally dry Due to the ongoing drought, the wildfire season tends to peak in July and August. The post Suncor shuts Firebag oil sands site from Alberta wildfire, lifting Canadian crude prices first appeared on Investorempires.com. via Investorempires.com https://ift.tt/UOfzS6V July 06, 2024 at 05:49AM
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Firefighting Strategies in Refineries and Oil Facilities
Firefighting Strategies in Refineries and Oil Facilities Flammable and combustible liquid storage tanks are found in industrial facilities such as refineries, petrochemical facilities, bulk storage plants, and marine terminals. Atmospheric storage tanks are used to store or mix flammable and combustible liquids in various ways, depending on the facilities. These tanks can range from 3 mt to more than 100 mt in diameter and have an average height of about 14 mt. Such tanks desing for hold crude oil and other petroleum products. These tanks are sense to fire and explosion due to the product they hold. For these reason fire fighting tactics are very important. What to plan in case of fire should be evaluated carefully. Fire Fighting Main Strategies • Nonintervention: This is essentially a nonaction mode when the risks associated with intervening are unacceptable. All personnel are withdrawn to a safe area. • Defensive: In this tactic, certain areas may be conceded to the incident, and actions are limited to protecting exposures and limiting the spread of the incident. • Offensive: Aggressive and direct tactics used to control an incident. Fires in refineries and oil facilities should be approached rationally and systematically. This is not game. First main Rule: As with most fires, the benefits must outweigh the risk. Realistic trainings and drilling can give you answers to important questions. 1- If a small-diameter tank is burning with no threat to exposures, should you extinguish the fire? 2- If the tank has already lost its contents, is exposure protection more appropriate? 3- How close can I get to a burning tank? 4- Boilover risk poses a danger up to how many meters? 5- What should I do if the oil or fire water dike walls overflow? 6-How many hours can the fire system provide water? These such considerations are identified and developed as part of the preincident response planning, development of emergency action plans, and the identification of the credible incident scenarios. Also, environmental conditions such as wind and rain could create problems with distance/range of the water/foam solution streams. Changes in wind direction might cause corrections to incident action plans with respect to changes in staging locations. An increase in temperature or humidity could force a quicker rotation of firefighters to prevent heat stresses. #oil #refinery #tank #storage #plant #fire #firefighting #terminal #emergency #LPG #LNG #gas #oilandgas #foam #crude #heat #transfer #burning
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Firefighting Strategies in Refineries and Oil Facilities Flammable and combustible liquid storage tanks are found in industrial facilities such as refineries, petrochemical facilities, bulk storage plants, and marine terminals. Atmospheric storage tanks are used to store or mix flammable and combustible liquids in various ways, depending on the facilities. These tanks can range from 3 mt to more than 100 mt in diameter and have an average height of about 14 mt. Such tanks desing for hold crude oil and other petroleum products. These tanks are sense to fire and explosion due to the product they hold. For these reason fire fighting tactics are very important. What to plan in case of fire should be evaluated carefully. Fire Fighting Main Strategies • Nonintervention: This is essentially a nonaction mode when the risks associated with intervening are unacceptable. All personnel are withdrawn to a safe area. • Defensive: In this tactic, certain areas may be conceded to the incident, and actions are limited to protecting exposures and limiting the spread of the incident. • Offensive: Aggressive and direct tactics used to control an incident. Fires in refineries and oil facilities should be approached rationally and systematically. This is not game. First main Rule: As with most fires, the benefits must outweigh the risk. Realistic trainings and drilling can give you answers to important questions. 1- If a small-diameter tank is burning with no threat to exposures, should you extinguish the fire? 2- If the tank has already lost its contents, is exposure protection more appropriate? 3- How close can I get to a burning tank? 4- Boilover risk poses a danger up to how many meters? 5- What should I do if the oil or fire water dike walls overflow? 6-How many hours can the fire system provide water? These such considerations are identified and developed as part of the preincident response planning, development of emergency action plans, and the identification of the credible incident scenarios. Also, environmental conditions such as wind and rain could create problems with distance/range of the water/foam solution streams. Changes in wind direction might cause corrections to incident action plans with respect to changes in staging locations. An increase in temperature or humidity could force a quicker rotation of firefighters to prevent heat stresses. #oil #refinery #tank #storage #plant #fire #firefighting #terminal #emergency #LPG #LNG #gas #oilandgas #foam #crude #heat #transfer #burning
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Firefighting Strategies in Refineries and Oil Facilities Flammable and combustible liquid storage tanks are found in industrial facilities such as refineries, petrochemical facilities, bulk storage plants, and marine terminals. Atmospheric storage tanks are used to store or mix flammable and combustible liquids in various ways, depending on the facilities. These tanks can range from 3 mt to more than 100 mt in diameter and have an average height of about 14 mt. Such tanks desing for hold crude oil and other petroleum products. These tanks are sense to fire and explosion due to the product they hold. For these reason fire fighting tactics are very important. What to plan in case of fire should be evaluated carefully. Fire Fighting Main Strategies • Nonintervention: This is essentially a nonaction mode when the risks associated with intervening are unacceptable. All personnel are withdrawn to a safe area. • Defensive: In this tactic, certain areas may be conceded to the incident, and actions are limited to protecting exposures and limiting the spread of the incident. • Offensive: Aggressive and direct tactics used to control an incident. Fires in refineries and oil facilities should be approached rationally and systematically. This is not game. First main Rule: As with most fires, the benefits must outweigh the risk. Realistic trainings and drilling can give you answers to important questions. 1- If a small-diameter tank is burning with no threat to exposures, should you extinguish the fire? 2- If the tank has already lost its contents, is exposure protection more appropriate? 3- How close can I get to a burning tank? 4- Boilover risk poses a danger up to how many meters? 5- What should I do if the oil or fire water dike walls overflow? 6-How many hours can the fire system provide water? These such considerations are identified and developed as part of the preincident response planning, development of emergency action plans, and the identification of the credible incident scenarios. Also, environmental conditions such as wind and rain could create problems with distance/range of the water/foam solution streams. Changes in wind direction might cause corrections to incident action plans with respect to changes in staging locations. An increase in temperature or humidity could force a quicker rotation of firefighters to prevent heat stresses. #oil #refinery #tank #storage #plant #fire #firefighting #terminal #emergency #LPG #LNG #gas #oilandgas #foam #crude #heat #transfer #burning
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Breaking News 'Unprecedented' oil spill in Bayou Lafourche stuns residents" I have dedicated my life to improving the standards and practices within the oil spill response industry and I was on scene 3 hrs. late only due to local notification. I was not called a responder and still arrive at the source before it was contained. The reason was it takes time to load equipment. The heartbreaking part? This spill source could have been boomed off in just 10 minutes. Instead, valuable hours were wasted waiting for the boom to arrive, allowing oil to flow into a cherished bayou that holds a deep personal significance for me. Proven Facts: With the Rapid H2o I could have been pumping and recovering oil within minutes. As it would take hours for mutimillion dollar Oil Spill Organization.
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"A Houston firm suspected to be linked to an oil leak that spilled up to 1.1 million gallons of crude off Louisiana’s coast faced questions over the incident on Tuesday as cleanup and response efforts pushed ahead. Authorities say the oil has not affected the shoreline, though at least a couple of oiled pelicans have been spotted in the area. Overflights, boat surveys and skimmers have been employed as part of the response. The leak reported on Thursday about 20 miles northeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River occurred near the Main Pass Oil Gathering company's pipeline system. MPOG is owned by Houston-based Third Coast, which has not responded to requests for comment and did not attend a briefing on the spill organized by federal authorities for the news media on Tuesday. The 67-mile pipeline was shut by 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, but engineering calculations determined that up to 1.1 million gallons of oil may have been spilled by then, the Coast Guard says. Those estimates, first reported by WWL Louisiana, were not released until Monday in a statement by the Coast Guard, which said initial meter readings had to be further confirmed. A multi-agency response to the spill has been using remotely operated vehicles to search for the spot of the leak, but has not yet located it. Seven producers are affected in the area, with production shut for all of them. Capt. Kelly Denning, commanding officer for the Coast Guard’s New Orleans sector, said there are multiple pipeline operators in the area of the leak. She said that while MPOG was suspected to be responsible, that had not yet been definitively determined..." #Offshore #OilSpill #pipeline #Louisiana #DeepwaterHorizon #MississippiRiver #MPOG #USCoastGuard #BSEE https://lnkd.in/gncYfUHm
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On June 21, 2024 A devastating fire has raged for two days at the Khartoum Oil Refinery, which is currently under the control of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Reports indicate that firefighting materials used by the Civil Defence have been depleted. Since November of last year, the refinery, located in the Al-Jaili area approximately 70 kilometres north of Khartoum, has been subjected to shelling. The Sudanese army has not claimed responsibility for targeting the strategic facility. The initial attack on the #refinery occurred in November, with both sides in the conflict exchanging accusations regarding responsibility for the resulting explosions. In late May, the RSF accused the army of bombing and completely destroying the facility. However, eyewitnesses from the northern countryside of Omdurman added that, the fires that have been burning since last Wednesday evening are the most extensive to date. The refinery is situated on the eastern bank of the Nile, roughly 20 kilometres away. Sources close to the site report that the fire has engulfed a storage facility for Nile Blend crude oil originating from the Heglig field in West Kordofan State. The cause of the fire remains unknown. These sources also indicate that the “foam” extinguishing agent used by Civil Defense teams at the refinery has been exhausted due to the frequency of fires and the limited supply of this specialized material. Civil activists have voiced concerns about the environmental consequences of the intensifying oil storage fires in the region, calling for the evacuation of workers and their families from the housing adjacent to the refinery. It is important to note that the Oil Sector Workers’ Union stated in a May 24 press release that the refinery has been out of service and non-operational since mid-July 2023. Nevertheless, workers, engineers, and administrators continue to report for duty daily, and some families still reside in the refinery’s barracks. The statement also mentioned that the Rapid Support Forces had detained some administrators, who were later released. The union appealed to the army leadership to act responsibly, safeguard infrastructure assets, and consider the sensitivity and inherent danger of oil installations to both people and the environment. The Khartoum #Oil Refinery is the largest in Sudan, established in 1997 with a design capacity of 100,000 barrels per day. It produces diesel, gasoline, and cooking gas, supplying 45% of the country’s oil needs. The refinery is connected via a 1610-kilometre pipeline to the Bashayer port on the #RedSea for export purposes. It also receives crude oil from wells in West Kordofan and #SouthSudan. However, the ongoing war and the RSF’s control of certain oil fields have significantly reduced crude oil supply and halted oil exports from South Sudan. It's great disaster!!!!.
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Latest #Concawe Report on European cross-country oil pipelines performance is now available! 💧 We have collected 52 years of spillage data on European cross-country #oilpipelines. At over 35,000 km the current inventory covered by the Concawe survey includes the majority of oil pipelines in Europe, transporting 640 million m3 per year of #crudeoil and oil products. This report covers the performance of these pipelines in 2022 and a full historical perspective since 1971. 📉 The performance over the whole 52 years is analysed in various ways, including gross and net spillage volumes, and spillage causes, grouped into five main categories: mechanical failure, operational, corrosion, natural hazard and third party. 🔎 A total of five spillages were reported for 2022, one of which was theft-related. The other four incidents are below the long-term running average of 0.42 spillages per 1000 km per year, which has been steadily decreasing over the years. There were no fires, fatalities or injuries connected with these spills. Thanks to Michael W. Cech, John Armstrong, Wim Guijt, Andreas Haskamp, Ignacio Huidobro Barrio, Johan Dekeyser and Jean-Francois Larivé. Read the full report on our website: https://rb.gy/cpunrg
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