These are 2 flares burning hydrocarbons. I know because I work at one of the ethylene plants. There are 2 ethylene plants at this site. Due to an electrical outage because of Gustav there was no steam generated to make the flares burn in a more optimum manner. The high winds make the flame and smoke look more worse than they actually are. If 17 bar steam were available the smoking would be at a very minimum. All of these other posts are full of shit.
thats nt an explosion.....it is just an abnormality in plant such as excess pressure which is release by RUPTURE DISC or by EMERGENCY SAFETY VALVE or LETDOWN VALVE to the FLARE SYSTEM (CHIMNEYS) for safely releasing the pressure from d system for protecting d vital areas of the plant.
as u may c d flare wic is done thro ELEVATED HIGH PRESSURE FLARING chimneys.
Com'n you could sing together or you don't want to sing:
“Sare Jaham se aCHaa?”
That is not my country, and we could buy anyone in India, damn cheap.
Do you know how many are suffering from the Bhopal Holocaust and how many made millions out of it?
In the Bhopal genocide, one life worth $2000 and lungs/eyes and 16 years of suffering just $500; my MBA costs over $70,000. No Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), any more.
But I feel for the victims and my heart goes out to the broken hearts.
If you can't imagine this happening in the US think again, it almost did. A fatal explosion occurred on Aug. 28, 2008 in Institute, WV. at the Bayer CropScience Chemical plant. This deadly explosion could have easily eclipsed Bhopal India. Bayer CropScience is the only chemical plant in the World that makes and stores enough MIC daily that can cause this kind of mass holocaust.
I'm not saying that this case wasn't incidental, but at Dow chemical, Midland, Michigan they have an "Accidental" Chemical release almost every night...
That looks pretty serious, more than just a flare off. I work at a chemical plant and if I saw something like that I'm sure it would probably make for a long day.
I'm a contractor at dow. Its not the flares its a major fire at one of the blocks. Some flamable liquid got overheated in one of the boilers after a failure and thats what started the fire.
The last comment is senseless drivel..
oldawgnewtrikz 2 months ago
These are 2 flares burning hydrocarbons. I know because I work at one of the ethylene plants. There are 2 ethylene plants at this site. Due to an electrical outage because of Gustav there was no steam generated to make the flares burn in a more optimum manner. The high winds make the flame and smoke look more worse than they actually are. If 17 bar steam were available the smoking would be at a very minimum. All of these other posts are full of shit.
coltsigs 4 months ago
That is the Acetylene unit burning off waste gas, It is much easier to burn the gas than to shut the unit totally down, not a problem.
philmoretfudpucket 6 months ago
if it were in China it would be considered normal.
maplemanz 11 months ago
if it were in China it would considered normal.
maplemanz 11 months ago
thats nt an explosion.....it is just an abnormality in plant such as excess pressure which is release by RUPTURE DISC or by EMERGENCY SAFETY VALVE or LETDOWN VALVE to the FLARE SYSTEM (CHIMNEYS) for safely releasing the pressure from d system for protecting d vital areas of the plant.
as u may c d flare wic is done thro ELEVATED HIGH PRESSURE FLARING chimneys.
TheMrnabeel 1 year ago
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Com'n you could sing together or you don't want to sing:
“Sare Jaham se aCHaa?”
That is not my country, and we could buy anyone in India, damn cheap.
Do you know how many are suffering from the Bhopal Holocaust and how many made millions out of it?
In the Bhopal genocide, one life worth $2000 and lungs/eyes and 16 years of suffering just $500; my MBA costs over $70,000. No Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), any more.
But I feel for the victims and my heart goes out to the broken hearts.
Aquamarine627 1 year ago
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If you can't imagine this happening in the US think again, it almost did. A fatal explosion occurred on Aug. 28, 2008 in Institute, WV. at the Bayer CropScience Chemical plant. This deadly explosion could have easily eclipsed Bhopal India. Bayer CropScience is the only chemical plant in the World that makes and stores enough MIC daily that can cause this kind of mass holocaust.
lisabinsa 2 years ago
that is both the flares, the reason it looks like a big fire in the unit is the wind is blowing it at 75mph...hence HURRICANE
whiskeytiger 2 years ago
I'm willing to bet they NEVER told you what it was.
Kattywampus 2 years ago
I'm not saying that this case wasn't incidental, but at Dow chemical, Midland, Michigan they have an "Accidental" Chemical release almost every night...
MichaelHeida 2 years ago
@MichaelHeida
your so full of shit.
slimjde 2 years ago
is this in texas at the dow chem in freeport/clute texas?
SexyLabyrinthsGirl 3 years ago
That looks pretty serious, more than just a flare off. I work at a chemical plant and if I saw something like that I'm sure it would probably make for a long day.
alexandermakrianis 3 years ago
It was a reactor at the LHC 3 block.
judet2006 3 years ago
I'm pretty sure that's the 2 flares. They are forced to burn off excessive gas when the plant trips.
JesseChoupique 3 years ago
that wa f12 at lhc3
greeendawg 3 years ago
I'm a contractor at dow. Its not the flares its a major fire at one of the blocks. Some flamable liquid got overheated in one of the boilers after a failure and thats what started the fire.
jamesstewart2003 3 years ago
My father-in-law works at Dow, and he said it was a fuel gas leak. Definitely not intentional!
momneedsvacation 3 years ago