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CUI Major Incident# 14: Missouri natural gas pipeline rupture

Sep 24, 2020
 

Date and Place of Incident:

On August 29, 2008, the natural gas pipeline rupture took place at the Cooper County, Missouri natural gas pipeline  

Summary of the Incident:

A gas transmission pipeline of 24-­‐inch was failed and resulted in release of about 13.5 million CF...

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CUI Major Incident# 13: Prudehoe Bay Oil Spill

Sep 21, 2020
 

Date and Place of Incident:

On 29th September 2008, a high-pressure gas pipeline ruptured at the Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska

Summary of the Incident:

The pipeline burst, propelling two sections of pipe, 14 feet and 28 feet in length, 900 feet across the tundra which caused the spill of 5000...

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CUI Major Incident# 12: Marathon Oil Platform Incident

Sep 16, 2020
 

Date and place of Incident:

On 26 December 2015, the explosion occurred at Marathon Oil's Brae Alpha platform, located at 155 miles north east of Aberdeen, UK.

Summary of Incident:

The explosion occurred in eight-inch diameter high pressure pipe of the platform which ruptured and resulted in the...

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CUI Major Incident# 11: Yara Ammonia Plant Explosion

Sep 14, 2020
 

Date and Place of Incident:

On 27 June, 2009, an explosion occurred at Yara-owned fertilizer plant in Tertre, Belgium

Summary of the Incident:

The gas fire was occurred in the high-pressure synthesis loop because of the ruptured bypass pipe. The process unit was the ammonia synthesis...

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CUI Major Incident# 10: DOW chemical Plant

Sep 10, 2020
 

Data and place of incident:

On March 13, 2008, the explosion was occurred at a Dow’s LHC plant, located at Freeport, TX USA.

Summary of the incident:

The carbon steel hydrocarbon of 8 inch, failed. The incident began with the detection of small pinhole leak. When the line was being isolated...

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CUI Major Incident# 9: E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co., Inc. Methyl Chloride Release

Sep 08, 2020
 

Date and Place of Incident:

On January 22 and 23, 2010, three separate incidents of releasing methyl chloride, oleum and phosgene were occurred at the DuPont plant in Belle, WV

Summary of Incident:

  • The first incident occurred was the methyl chloride releasing and venting to the atmosphere.
  • The...
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CUI Major Incident# 7: Donges Refinery Fuel Oil Spill

Sep 02, 2020
 

Date and Place of the Incident:

On March 16, 2008, a fuel oil spill occurred during the loading of a vessel at Donges Refinery, Loire-Atlantique, France.

Summary of the Incident:

  1. During the loading of an oil tanker, 478 tonnes of cargo fuel oil spilled due to a leak from a corroded pipe line.
  2. ...
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CUI Major Incident# 6: First Chemical Corporation Explosion and Fire

Aug 31, 2020
 

Date and Place of the Incident:

On October 13, 2002, an explosion occurred at the Bayou Cassotte Industrial Park in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

Summary of the Incident:

  1. Steam leaking through manual valves heated mononitrotoluene (MNT) inside a distillation column caused an explosion at First...
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CUI Major Incident# 5: Notre-Dame de Gravenchon Butane Release

Aug 28, 2020
 

Notre-Dame de Gravenchon Butane Release

Date and Place of the Incident:

On June 9, 2008, a butane release which lasted approximately 2½ hours occurred at Notre-Dame de Gravenchon, Port-Jerome-Sure-Seine, France.

Summary of the Incident:

  1. A gas cloud formed in the middle of the steam...
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CUI Major Incident# 4: Kawasaki Fuel Oil Leakage

Aug 26, 2020
 

Kawasaki Fuel Oil Leakage

Date and Place of the Incident:

On July 7, 1993, a fuel oil leak occurred during transfer at a refinery in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.

Summary of the Incident:

  1. During loading, fuel oil leaked from a piping of a marine loading equipment.
  2. The leak occurred from a corroded...
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