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Posted on 10/8/15 at 3:06 pm to Tigerstudent08
It's a pumping station. The big one not to far from Bayou Black Marina
Posted on 10/8/15 at 3:43 pm to CHEDBALLZ
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The big one not to far from Bayou Black Marina
Lots of good duck hunting and fishing in those parts. Been duck hunting down there my whole life.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 7:06 pm to TDsngumbo
The latest I heard was 3 dead and 3 injured. It was a sludge tank that exploded.
Houma Times Article
Houma Times Article
Posted on 10/8/15 at 8:26 pm to CHEDBALLZ
Prayers for those families and co-workers.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:22 pm to CHEDBALLZ
Terrible news, prayers to the families.
What is a sludge tank? Is that the same as a liquid separator.
What is a sludge tank? Is that the same as a liquid separator.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:27 pm to Specktricity
It is the old Transco Bayou Black facility near Gibson
It is a liquids pipeline facility with some onsite tank storage. Apparently one of the stock tanks exploded while they were doing some kind of maintenance in the facility. If I had to guess I would say there were some vapors trapped in the tank that ignited. The facility was out of service while they were working. Sad to hear this
It is a liquids pipeline facility with some onsite tank storage. Apparently one of the stock tanks exploded while they were doing some kind of maintenance in the facility. If I had to guess I would say there were some vapors trapped in the tank that ignited. The facility was out of service while they were working. Sad to hear this
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:29 pm to supatigah
Damn. Just awful.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:29 pm to Specktricity
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What is a sludge tank? Is that the same as a liquid separator.
similar idea.
it's a tank that gathers pretty much everything (solids and liquids) before it goes into the processing part of the plant.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:33 pm to Specktricity
Sludge Tank: when they pig the pipelines the pig will bring in liquids and sludge. Usually the fluids and solids will come into the facility, go through the slug catcher And be diverted to a tank. The sludge will fall to the bottom, the water on top of it and the oil on top of the water. They will then pump off the oil and water back into the system. The oil and water will then be separated. Oil will be sold, water disposed of.
Eventually they will clean out the sludge tank with a vacuum truck and a crew. My Guess is they were cleaning out the sludge tank when something terrible happened. Maybe didn't have the tank completely vented or something and trapped gas in the tank exploded
Eventually they will clean out the sludge tank with a vacuum truck and a crew. My Guess is they were cleaning out the sludge tank when something terrible happened. Maybe didn't have the tank completely vented or something and trapped gas in the tank exploded
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:38 pm to supatigah
Like a sump?
I've vaccumed sludge sumps before. Didn't know I was in danger
I've vaccumed sludge sumps before. Didn't know I was in danger
This post was edited on 10/8/15 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:43 pm to Nutriaitch
They should have PSVs installed on the tanks sized for worst case (fire in this scenario) I would imagine.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:50 pm to Tigerstudent08
If it was OOS then it was probably vented so a PSV wouldn't come into play
We will know what happened soon enough
So sad
We will know what happened soon enough
So sad
Posted on 10/8/15 at 10:06 pm to supatigah
If they are following 14c, which I am assuming they do, you must have a second vent capable of handling the max gas volume (aka redundant vent system) if you want to do without a PSV for atmospheric tanks. One vent does not cut it.
This post was edited on 10/8/15 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:35 am to Specktricity
No sure. Probably where the impurities are taken out if the pipeline and stored.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 10:47 am to CHEDBALLZ
My brother works for williams, he was at that site a month ago, he writes welding code,specs etc,and was supposed to be there overseeing the procedure, meetings in Houston kept him from being there. It was a 42" pipe
Posted on 10/9/15 at 12:25 pm to ole man
Just saw they released names of those who died.
I knew Sam pretty well. He had 6 kids. Horrible news
I knew Sam pretty well. He had 6 kids. Horrible news
Posted on 10/9/15 at 1:39 pm to Pedro
it sure is
Posted on 10/9/15 at 2:10 pm to ole man
prayers sent up
Posted on 10/9/15 at 2:25 pm to GeismarGeauxer
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What kind of service was the pipeline in?
Natural Gas. Not our client though.
This post was edited on 10/9/15 at 2:26 pm
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