On the 10th anniversary of the BP Texas City Refinery explosion, let’s pause to reflect on one of the lessons learned from this disaster. The process had multiple layers of protection, including operating procedures, BPCS control and alarms, independent alarms, and relief devices. There was additional instrumentation…
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- by Denise Chastain Knight, P.E., CFSE, CCPSC
- Tuesday, March 24, 2015
- Functional Safety
Challenge the LOPA - 10th anniversary of the BP Texas City Refinery explosion
- by John Yozallinas, CFSE
- Thursday, March 26, 2015
- Functional Safety
Texas City Refinery Explosion: Ten Years Later
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Texas City Refinery Explosion. Is it any safer to work in the oil refinery industry since then? That’s not an easy question to answer. It’s difficult to get a yardstick out to measure safety. But if we consider the number of…