Oil and gas tank inspections follow blast
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INSPECTIONS will take place at sites with oil and gas storage tanks in the wake of an inferno caused by a chemical leak in Rizhao, in east China’s Shandong Province, last month, the city’s work safety watchdog said yesterday.
Explosions rocked the Shtar Science and Technology Group petrochemical factory on July 16 after liquefied hydrocarbon leaked from a 1,000-cubic-meter tank. Fire spread to eight other tanks. Some 300 firefighters dealt with the blaze, with two suffering minor injuries.
According to the State Administration of Work Safety, the incident revealed the company’s poor management and failings in local government supervision.
The city inspection will run until the end of September this year, aiming at achieving “zero leaks, zero fires, zero explosions, zero casualties and zero incidents,” said officials.
It will be held alongside an existing campaign seeking to identify hidden dangers in petrochemical businesses and enterprises handling hazardous chemicals.
Shanghai also launched a campaign targeting hidden danger in gas and oil pipelines last year. The city has 25 transmission pipelines, extending 349 kilometers, said officials.
By June, the campaign had identified 136 dangers, with 107 rectified, said officials.
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