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Schematic P&ID
Coming from VB - 0241O2
Undersized
line
VB - 0241O2
Vibrations
10
PIC
T 6x10
T 18
18
6
PV 111
Flare
VB - 0241O1
16
Position of
failure
In competent
designer
failed to
understand
importance
of blowdown
system and
complexity
of design cases
Good
QA/QC
system not
applied
PHESR/HAZOP
queried design
but failed to
follow through
Commissioning
Staff failed to
realise significance
of vibrations
Lack of an
ignition
source
prevented
disaster
Many barriers were broken in this incident. Had there been a source of ignition in the
vicinity of the pipe failure, a major fire could have ensued with some danger to
personnel and the potential loss of a $1bn facility.
Request to Engineering Authorities
Flare systems are one of the primary safety systems that protect staff and plant. They
need to be designed by competent engineers to a basis of design. The design needs to
be thoroughly checked.
The Projects & Engineering Function requests to ensure that:
There is a basis of design for the system that explains the design philosophy.
That piping calculations for the full system exist, show gas velocities within
code limits, and that the calculations have been checked by competent
engineers.
That there has been a Project HAZOP that has included a detailed review of
the blowdown system, and that actions/ recommendations from the HAZOP
have been closed out.