POTTER TWP. – Shell crews plan to reinforce portions of a ground flare stack at the company’s Beaver County ethane cracker plant — using water to cool the external areas in the meantime. Shell ...
The Limetree Bay refinery on St. Croix is advising residents that loud noise and a larger-than-usual flame atop its flare stack are all part of its normal startup processes. In a statement, Limetree ...
Failures in oil and gas safety mechanisms can be catastrophic. From the Piper Alpha disaster in 1988 to the BP America incident in Texas City, 2005, such accidents have grave consequences. Flare ...
Operations with flare gas have very specific responsibilities to their communities, environment, and employees. Safely disposing of flare gas must be done within government mandated regulations. In ...
Flare stacks are one of the most important pieces of safety infrastructure in oil, gas, petrochemical, and refining facilities. But their effectiveness depends on careful design and continuous ...