Aboveground Tank Explosion Failure Analysis
Our service includes the investigation to determine the
cause of aboveground tank explosions and corrective
action to prevent future explosions. These incidents
include petroleum oil field production and fiberglass
tanks in chemical service. An investigation of a
H2S/methane stripping tank in Arkansas determined that
methane vapors in the headspace were ignited by a nearby
lightning strike and stray current that generated a
temperature sufficiently high to ignite the methane head
space. In the case of the oil field production tanks
located in Texas, it was determined there was inadequate
grounding of the tank top metal fittings and lightning
generated static electricity ignited the methane off-gas
contained in the wastewater. Tanks design
recommendations were made to protect against future
occurrences.
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