摘要: |
About 8:55 p.m., central daylight time, on April 7, 2003, an 80,000-barrel storage tank at ConocoPhillips Company's Glenpool South tank farm in Glenpool, Oklahoma, exploded and burned as it was being filled with diesel. Gasoline had been removed from the tank earlier in the day. The resulting fire burned for about 21 hours and damaged two other storage tanks in the area. The cost of the accident was $2,357,483. There were no injuries or fatalities. Nearby residents were evacuated, and schools were closed for 2 days. The safety issues identified in this accident are tank operations, including switch loading, at the ConocoPhillips Company tank farm; the adequacy of emergency planning and emergency response by ConocoPhillips and American Electric Power; and the adequacy of Federal regulations and industry standards for emergency planning. As a result of its investigation of this accident, the Safety Board makes safety recommendations to the Research and Special Programs Administration, ConocoPhillips Company, American Electric Power, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. |