Safety and Loss Prevention

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Oil and Gas (Midstream)

The incident summaries provide a brief description of the event and highlight key points (including basic causes, critical factors, root causes and lessons learned) in addition to signposting interested readers to the detailed investigation report and selected other pertinent reference materials.

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Longford - 25 September 1998

Incident: deethaniser reboiler brittle fracture. Location: Australia. Keywords: alarm, EBV, embrittlement, exchanger, fire, hazop, Longford, MoC, PHA, procedure, risk, training. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Skikda - 19 January 2004

Incident: LNG Production Plant Vapour Cloud Explosion. Location: Algeria. Keywords: boiler; cold box; explosion; fireball; inspection; layout; LNG; LOPC; maintenance; Skikda; VCE. Author: Peter Marsh.

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Plymouth - 31 March 2014

Incident: LNG Peak Shaving Plant Explosions. Location: USA. Keywords: adsorber; auto-ignition; blind; brittle; dead leg; explosion; flammable; LNG; peak; pipe; procedure; purge; salt; SBH; valve. Author: Peter Marsh.

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