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Release in a refinery

Event

Event ID
168
Quality
Description

A small hydrogen leak occurred during routine maintenance on an oil refinery unit not in operation.

Event Initiating system
Classification of the physical effects
Unignited Hydrogen Release
Nature of the consequences
leak no ignition
Macro-region
North America
Country
United States
Date
Component involved
unknown
Failure mode
leak, no ignition
Initiating cause
unknown
Root causes
Unknown
Date entry in HIAD
28/02/2009

Facility

Application
Petrochemical industry
Sub-application
Unspecified refinery process
Hydrogen supply chain stage
All components affected

Unknown

Location type
Unknown
Location
industrial area
Operational condition
Pre-event occurrences

Routine maintenance on an oil refinery unit not being in operation was carried out

Emergency & Consequences

Number of fatalities
0
Number of injured persons
0

In-depth data

Release type
gas
Involved substances (% vol)
H2 100%
Probable IGNITION SOURCE

References

Sources categories
FireWorld
Reference & weblink

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