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Jesus Malverde

(10,274 posts) Sat Dec 20, 2014, 01:43 AM Dec 2014

Public officials call for investigations into Chevron flaring (Richmond, CA)

Despite assertions from Chevron that large flames emanating from its refinery in Richmond Thursday night were normal, public officials Friday are saying they were anything but.

On Thursday around 6:36 p.m., flaring at Chevron's Richmond refinery produced dramatic flames and what looked like smoke that were visible for miles.

Chevron released an initial report on the incident Thursday saying that the unplanned flaring incident occurred after a loss of cooling capability in a solvent de-asphalting unit led to a process upset.

Flaring is used to burn off excess fuels and depressurize a unit.

"The safety devices worked as intended to preserve the mechanical integrity of the equipment, resulting in flaring," Chevron spokesman Braden Reddall said in a statement. "To minimize any further flaring, the unit was shut down following the shutdown procedure."

http://wn.ktvu.com/story/27675990/public-officials-call-for-investigations-into-chevron-flaring

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Public officials call for investigations into Chevron flaring (Richmond, CA) (Original Post) Jesus Malverde Dec 2014 OP

That plant is 100+ years old and explodes semi-regularly. LeftyMom Dec 2014 #1

No - that was the EPA's and AMA's excuse FreakinDJ Dec 2014 #2

For all the "Arm-Chair Experts" - Flaring is Normal at every Refinery in the USA FreakinDJ Dec 2014 #3

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)

1. That plant is 100+ years old and explodes semi-regularly.

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2014, 02:17 AM

Dec 2014

There's also a huge cancer cluster there. Chevron's excuse for that is that it's not them, it's the highway, aka "It's not our plant that causes cancer, it's our product."

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)

2. No - that was the EPA's and AMA's excuse

Reply to LeftyMom (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 20, 2014, 03:09 AM

Dec 2014

The cluster of asthma and cancer cases is from the I-80 corridor and Port of Oakland

Repeating a LIE won't make it any more true

FreakinDJ

(17,644 posts)

3. For all the "Arm-Chair Experts" - Flaring is Normal at every Refinery in the USA

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2014, 03:14 AM

Dec 2014

Of course this 1 particular Refinery has spectacular views of the San Francisco Bay and surrounding areas so the neighboring $Million dollar home owners complain thinking they can "Out-Think" Process Engineers, Petrochemical Engineers, and the entire CSA

Good Luck with that one

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