This morning a backhoe operator hit a 12" high pressure gas pipeline in McKinney, Texas. They are trying to figure out how to put it out. They are going to shut off the gas but there is so much pressure in the line that it will burn for a … [Read more...]
City Planning for the Inevitable Catastrophic Event at Gas Well Sites
"This is coming to a neighborhood near you," Ahmed Fakhri, Wild Well Control senior safety and emergency response specialist, told Arlington fire fighters. "Sooner or later you are going to have an event." Is your city ready for … [Read more...]
Fracking jobs pay great but the risk from explosions and chemical exposure is high
Four workers in Illinois were injured, three seriously, when preparations for a frack job went wrong and a tank exploded. Exposure to cancer causing silica is high and the toxins could kill you. Here's a video I made a couple of years ago that … [Read more...]
Another Deadly Gas Compressor Explosion
By GhostBlogger This time, it happened in Durango, Colorado. An employee was pressurizing something when it exploded, killing 1 contract worker, and injuring 2 other contract workers. One dead in explosion at BP compression station Something … [Read more...]
A few industry mishaps in Texas this week.
Please feel free to add to this list in the comments. Pipeline blast injures man near Candadian Hemphill County authorities are investigating a gas pipeline explosion about eight miles east of Canadian that critically injured a worker, the … [Read more...]
Lightning strikes tank battery in Wise County
Lightning loves gas facilities, another of the many issues industry needs to solve. This facility was a disposal/injection well. Wise County Gas Well Fire Under Control After Lightning Strike 8 of 10 tanks along state Highway 199 exploded, … [Read more...]
Pipeline explodes at Eagle Rock facility in Hemphill County
From GhostBlogger: While frackers are celebrating the Resignation of Dr. Al, Eagle Rock had one of their gas plants explode & burn: Hemphill County gas plant explosion (video and photos) Note how the fireball scorch area extended beyond … [Read more...]
Fire Crews Battle Another Drilling Rig Explosion In Oklahoma
Reported on Drilling Ahead. A message to all members of Drilling Ahead Fire Crews Battle Another Drilling Rig Explosion In Oklahoma-Sunday 10:00am KINGFISHER COUNTY, Okla. -- Fire crews are battling an oil rig fire in rural Kingfisher … [Read more...]
Rumor has it: Valley View fracking disposal well burns
A friend drove by today and the disposal well in Valley View was on fire. Anybody know anything? UPDATE: From an email: “This shale oil disposal well facility at 4987 N. Interstate 35 near Valley View caught fire shortly before 7 a.m. Wednesday … [Read more...]
Another fracking blowout in Oklahoma
The information is still sketchy, which is par. Here's what we know so far: We are receiving reports that Logan Eldorado #7 took a kick and burned down near Stillwater Oklahoma last night with 3 workers sustaining burns. If you have any … [Read more...]
Another oil and gas fracking disposal well explodes
The former title of this blog post was: Tank explosion at Eagle Ford Shale fracking site T Philip Collier left a sweet comment to set me straight that the explosion and fire had nothing to do with fracking. It was just some more of that … [Read more...]
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