Ketia0 0 #1 November 19, 2009 This is video footage from a refinery explosion in Utah that happened recently. This is a DDU…. ( I work on a DDU)…. Assuming its anything like my unit, ( may be smaller, as we are really big) it has 800 PSI Hydrogen running through her!! Video: Gas explosion rips through Utah oil refinery Footage has been released of the moment a huge gas explosion tore through an oil plant in the United States. The blast at the Silver Eagle Refinery in Woods Cross, five miles north of Salt Lake City, was powerful enough to cause damage to 10 homes adjacent to the factory. No one was injured in the incident. The US Chemical Safety Board (CBS) is still investigating the explosion although early reports indicate that the blast started in the diesel hydrotreater, a unit that removes sulphur compounds from diesel fuel. The blast occurred at about 9.15am when the hydrogen and diesel leaking from a pipe found an ignition source on the ground. The CBS, which is an investigative agency that has no regulatory power, said increasing concerns about the integrity of the refinery's piping led it to recommend that the refinery's refining operations be shut down for an indefinite period. In January there was a flash fire when a 440,000 gallon storage tank caught light at the same refinery that burned for 11 hours severely burning people. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6598001/Video-Gas-explosion-rips-through-Utah-oil-refinery.html"In this game you can't predict the future. You just have to play the odds. "-JohnMitchell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mutumbo 0 #2 November 19, 2009 DAAAMN. big boom. hope noone got hurtThanatos340(on landing rounds)-- Landing procedure: Hand all the way up, Feet and Knees Together and PLF soon as you get bitch slapped by a planet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ketia0 0 #3 November 19, 2009 No one was hurt! 7 house's foundations were rocked though! The refinery is shut down for a while! "In this game you can't predict the future. You just have to play the odds. "-JohnMitchell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy0689 0 #4 November 19, 2009 "Coming up next on 'Destroyed in Seconds,' a gas explosion rips through Utah oil refinery..."Andy I'll believe it when I see it on YouTube! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #5 November 19, 2009 not the first time this refinery has had problems. Years ago, it was all by itself in the middle of nowhere, merely close to the 1-15 corridor and marginally close to SLC International. Businesses and now homes started popping up there a few years back. With the proximity, it's no surprise that buildings were affected. I'm surprised more buildings weren't affected. Big week for big explosions over Utah, with a meteor exploding and dropping meteorites in the west deserts of Utah just a couple days ago. Skydiver Patrick Wiggins was NASA's spokesperson about that event. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnay 0 #6 November 19, 2009 I like this one also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifm9BKf5ZbE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shermanator 4 #7 November 19, 2009 booom. biggg bada boom.CLICK HERE! new blog posted 9/21/08 CSA #720 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #8 November 19, 2009 This is one of my favorites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KuGizBjDXo&feature=fvw Watch the blast wave move across the ground. It's awesome. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #9 November 19, 2009 QuoteThis is a DDU… Are we, the general public, expected to know what a "DDU" is? http://www.all-acronyms.com/DDU Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ketia0 0 #10 November 20, 2009 Sorry... forgot... DDU stands for Distilate Desulfurization unit... 800 psi hydrogen mixed with 600 degree distillate... out come dieselQuote"In this game you can't predict the future. You just have to play the odds. "-JohnMitchell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MikeJD 0 #11 November 20, 2009 A bit off topic, but I'm surprised how often you guys in the US post links to UK news sites - not just the BBC, but a lot of British newspapers. Coincidence, or do we really have the best news reporting? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Ketia0 0 #12 November 20, 2009 I dunn... That was the link that I was sent.. "In this game you can't predict the future. You just have to play the odds. "-JohnMitchell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cocheese 0 #13 November 20, 2009 All we have is Hollywood news here in the states. The MTV generation has taken over. Music video anyone?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb7GNzzIVIo&feature=related Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
MikeJD 0 #11 November 20, 2009 A bit off topic, but I'm surprised how often you guys in the US post links to UK news sites - not just the BBC, but a lot of British newspapers. Coincidence, or do we really have the best news reporting? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ketia0 0 #12 November 20, 2009 I dunn... That was the link that I was sent.. "In this game you can't predict the future. You just have to play the odds. "-JohnMitchell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cocheese 0 #13 November 20, 2009 All we have is Hollywood news here in the states. The MTV generation has taken over. Music video anyone?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb7GNzzIVIo&feature=related Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
