oil refinery chemical storage

Oil Refinery Chemical Storage

Although oil refineries power America’s industrial core, hydrocarbon production centers pose a multitude of risks to employees and surrounding communities. Negligible petroleum operations can produce fires, toxic air pollution, chemical leaks, and inadvertent personnel exposure. While oil refineries are more commonly associated with the finished petroleum products, other chemical dangerous persist. Onsite benzene, toluene, sulfur…

natural disaster chemical storage

Natural Disaster Chemical Storage

If there is a silver lining to infer from the generational transcending destruction from Tropical Storm Helene in western North Carolina, it’s the absence of a coinciding hazardous material incident on the natural disaster bingo card for the region. Cataclysmic chemical incidents invariably follow most natural disasters. Although most storm-stricken residents immediately notice the absence…