How Many Gas Explosions Is Too Many? rogueriverkeeper.org, 2014
Liquefied Natural Gas Safety Research
Report to Congress May 2012
U.S. Department of Energy Report
Liquefied Natural Gas Safety Research
Report to Congress May 2012
U.S. Department of Energy Report
Colorado Fracking Wastewater Injection Site Up In Flames, April 17 2015
(Pacific Connector Fracked Gas Pipeline plans to get its gas from Colorado. This explosion occurred in Greeley, Colorado.
Greeley Fire Marshal Dale Lyman said “A lot of oil tanks failed.” The site, a wastewater injection facility owned by NGL Water Solutions,
stored oil and gas wastewater, in preparation for injection into underground wells. Doug White, vice president of NGL Water Solutions
suspects that lightning may have struck one of the tanks sparking the blaze and resulting explosions during a passing
storm sometime shortly after 1pm. "The fire at a wastewater injection well site just northeast of the Greeley-Weld County
Airport on Friday could mean a total loss at the facility, Greeley Fire Marshal Dale Lyman said (local news report).
(Pacific Connector Fracked Gas Pipeline plans to get its gas from Colorado. This explosion occurred in Greeley, Colorado.
Greeley Fire Marshal Dale Lyman said “A lot of oil tanks failed.” The site, a wastewater injection facility owned by NGL Water Solutions,
stored oil and gas wastewater, in preparation for injection into underground wells. Doug White, vice president of NGL Water Solutions
suspects that lightning may have struck one of the tanks sparking the blaze and resulting explosions during a passing
storm sometime shortly after 1pm. "The fire at a wastewater injection well site just northeast of the Greeley-Weld County
Airport on Friday could mean a total loss at the facility, Greeley Fire Marshal Dale Lyman said (local news report).
Scientists say public safety hazards at Jordan Cove LNG terminal in Coos Bay are underestimated,
Ted Sickinger, The Oregonian, Jan 16, 2015
Professor Havens and Professor Venart found significant discrepancies and problems with Jordan Cove’s hazard analysis and determined the hazards had been significantly underestimated. Safety measures incorporated in the proposed Jordan Cove LNG terminal actually increase the chance of a catastrophic failure and present a far more serious public safety hazard than regulators have analyzed and deemed acceptable.
From comments:
"To some of the commentators: I live 1 1/2 miles from the proposed terminal. I have been studying this for 8 years. We live on a very narrow bay. You'd be able to see the proposed facility from the Mall, Safeway, airport, schools and neighborhoods in North Bend (population near 10,000). There are another 16,000 people in Coos Bay who frequent these areas. Please stop saying no one lives here, and stop acting like this is about everything except saving lives. It is about a myriad of issues, especially saving lives. We are expecting an earthquake/tsunami, and Ted has already interviewed the OSU geologists that said this is not where they would recommend that you build an LNG plant. One also remarked these corporations are not known for doing the construction they promise. This area is at a 40% yearly risk for that earthquake, and it's rising every year we don't have it. We're already overdue, and this info is from the 13 year study done at OSU. It is insane to build an LNG terminal and pipeline, both inherently hazardous, in our Tsunami HazardZone, especially since the only purpose is to make more money on the world gas market. It istotally insane to keep sending fossil fuel from one end to the other of this tired, hot planet! I am grateful for what these industries have given us in the past, but now the game has changed and they are causing a deficit. Maya and Oprah liked to say "When you know better, you do better". These professors and concerned scientists all over the world are trying to get us to do better."
Ted Sickinger, The Oregonian, Jan 16, 2015
Professor Havens and Professor Venart found significant discrepancies and problems with Jordan Cove’s hazard analysis and determined the hazards had been significantly underestimated. Safety measures incorporated in the proposed Jordan Cove LNG terminal actually increase the chance of a catastrophic failure and present a far more serious public safety hazard than regulators have analyzed and deemed acceptable.
From comments:
"To some of the commentators: I live 1 1/2 miles from the proposed terminal. I have been studying this for 8 years. We live on a very narrow bay. You'd be able to see the proposed facility from the Mall, Safeway, airport, schools and neighborhoods in North Bend (population near 10,000). There are another 16,000 people in Coos Bay who frequent these areas. Please stop saying no one lives here, and stop acting like this is about everything except saving lives. It is about a myriad of issues, especially saving lives. We are expecting an earthquake/tsunami, and Ted has already interviewed the OSU geologists that said this is not where they would recommend that you build an LNG plant. One also remarked these corporations are not known for doing the construction they promise. This area is at a 40% yearly risk for that earthquake, and it's rising every year we don't have it. We're already overdue, and this info is from the 13 year study done at OSU. It is insane to build an LNG terminal and pipeline, both inherently hazardous, in our Tsunami HazardZone, especially since the only purpose is to make more money on the world gas market. It istotally insane to keep sending fossil fuel from one end to the other of this tired, hot planet! I am grateful for what these industries have given us in the past, but now the game has changed and they are causing a deficit. Maya and Oprah liked to say "When you know better, you do better". These professors and concerned scientists all over the world are trying to get us to do better."
Public Safety Consequences of a Terrorist Attack on a Tanker Carrying Liquefied Natural Gas Need Clarification;
GAO-07-316: Published: Feb 22, 2007. Publicly Released: Mar 14, 2007
Government Accountability Office Report
GAO-07-316: Published: Feb 22, 2007. Publicly Released: Mar 14, 2007
Government Accountability Office Report
Jordan Cove LNG Tanker Hazard Zones (map)(map2)
“If about 3 million gallons of LNG spills onto the water from an LNG tanker ship,
flammable vapors from the spill could travel up to 3 miles.”
Dr. Jerry A. Havens, Distinguished Professor, Maurice E Barker Chair in
Chemical Process Safety and the Environmental Fate of Chemicals, University of Arkansas
“If about 3 million gallons of LNG spills onto the water from an LNG tanker ship,
flammable vapors from the spill could travel up to 3 miles.”
Dr. Jerry A. Havens, Distinguished Professor, Maurice E Barker Chair in
Chemical Process Safety and the Environmental Fate of Chemicals, University of Arkansas
Williams Energy Co. Gas Explosions
(builder of proposed Pacific COnnector Pipeline)
Gas pipeline fire in Washington Co. [Pennsylvania] prompts urgent evacuations, December 25, 2014
"A gas pipeline fire in Houston prompted evacuations late Wednesday evening, according fire officials in Mount Pleasant. Around 10 p.m., Chartiers Township and Mount Pleasant firefighters and police rushed to the scene of the fire on Western Avenue and began evacuating residents to nearby fire halls....Tracey Sampson told Channel 11 that she rushed outside with her cellphone in-hand to capture the well fire burning right next door. “Last night, I thought we were done. I really did. I thought the whole place was going to blow,” she said. Sampson said this type of fire has been her biggest fear since Williams Energy Company built a pipeline station directly next to her home. “It’s right there in my yard, practically,” she said.A spokesperson for Williams Energy Company told Channel 11 that the pipeline originates in Marshall County, West Virginia, and transports ethane to the Houston, Pennsylvania, area in Washington County. Williams' Pipeline Control received the appropriate alarms as part of its 24-hour monitoring and responded by closing the main-line valve in order to stop the flow of product to the facility. The spokesperson also told Channel 11 that there were no injuries, but it was still too close for comfort for many living near the pipeline.“Last night was the first time I ever really got scared about it,” said Sampson." |
Kent Residents: ‘We Evacuated Ourselves’ Neighbor: ‘It Looked Like the Whole Valley Was Exploding’
By Sarah Harmon, Staff Writer – September 29, 2013
The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register
This company’s gas plants just keep on exploding, John Upton, April 25, 2014
"A huge explosion at one of the company’s gas processing plants in southern Wyoming on Wednesday afternoon triggered the evacuation of all residents of the small nearby town of Opal. The plant, which is connected to six pipelines that help feed fracked natural gas to customers throughout the American West, burned throughout Wednesday night and into Thursday, when its neighbors were allowed to return to their homes. As extraordinary as the (fortunately injury-free) accident sounds, something similar happened just four weeks ago at a Williams gas processing plant near the Washington-Oregon border. That explosion injured five workers and led to the evacuation of 400 residents." Opal residents return home after gas plant blast; gas flows diverted April 24, 2014, BENJAMIN STORROW
The Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline is a project of Williams and California-based PG&E Corporation. |
Marshall County Pipeline Explosion Results in Fire, West Virginia, April 5, 2014
Marshall County Emergency Management Director Tom Hart said a hillside slip caused a 12-inch line to rupture between Waymans Ridge and Middle Creek.
Hart specified it is a Williams Energy-owned pipeline that feeds into the Oak Grove facility, and was not a well fire or explosion. As of 9:30 a.m., Hart said the problem had been isolated and shut down.
"It was able to burn out which actually occurred fairly quickly, within the first couple hours of the incident. If it would have been a well site incident, then we would be looking at several days to a couple weeks in order for that to be extinguished," Hart said.
Gas explosion at LNG facility in Washington prompts concerns about proposed export terminals in Oregon
By Ted Sickinger, The Oregonian – April 01, 2014
…The blast seriously burned one worker, who remains in a Portland hospital, and injured four others.It forced an evacuation of 400 residents and agricultural workers within a two-mile radius of the facility. River, highway and train traffic was restored Tuesday in the area, though authorities maintained a one mile exclusion zone around the facility until Tuesday afternoon because of the ongoing risk of an explosion.…A team of experts working with the facility’s owner, Williams Northwest Pipeline, is still trying to determine what caused the accident and how to fix it.
(Read entire article at link above)
Massive Explosion Rocks Washington State Natural Gas Plant by Ryan Koronowski, March 31, 2014
"...Williams Northwest Pipeline is shutting down the pipeline and allowing the gas to evaporate, hoping nothing ignites the fuel. While a massive explosion of 1.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas would be catastrophic, the venting of that large a container of natural gas would be equal to the annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1.3 million passenger vehicles. Swaner, from Williams Northwest Pipeline, said that the tank that was punctured was about a third full."
By Ted Sickinger, The Oregonian – April 01, 2014
…The blast seriously burned one worker, who remains in a Portland hospital, and injured four others.It forced an evacuation of 400 residents and agricultural workers within a two-mile radius of the facility. River, highway and train traffic was restored Tuesday in the area, though authorities maintained a one mile exclusion zone around the facility until Tuesday afternoon because of the ongoing risk of an explosion.…A team of experts working with the facility’s owner, Williams Northwest Pipeline, is still trying to determine what caused the accident and how to fix it.
(Read entire article at link above)
Massive Explosion Rocks Washington State Natural Gas Plant by Ryan Koronowski, March 31, 2014
"...Williams Northwest Pipeline is shutting down the pipeline and allowing the gas to evaporate, hoping nothing ignites the fuel. While a massive explosion of 1.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas would be catastrophic, the venting of that large a container of natural gas would be equal to the annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1.3 million passenger vehicles. Swaner, from Williams Northwest Pipeline, said that the tank that was punctured was about a third full."