Buncefield

Lead from the front

PROCESS SAFETY All employees in any organisation need to be competent in the role they perform and be fully aware of both personal and process safety requirements. This is vital in high-hazard industries such as refining, chemical manufacturing and storage terminal operations, as continuing incidents prove

Simon Storage Seal Sands Terminal

Clouding over

OVERFILLS One of the known unknowns to emerge from the Buncefield investigation was how vapour clouds form and how they behave. A report from HSE summarises recent research and points a way forward to accurate modelling

Buncefield incident - Fire on site

HSE studies vapour clouds

UK HSE has released a report looking at the modelling of vapour cloud explosions.

Ahead of the game

STRATEGY With economic volatility and increasing regulatory pressure currently hampering European bulk liquid storage market, the key to remaining competitive is to stay flexible and ready for anything.

Simon Storage Tyne Terminal

Uneasy lies the head

CONFERENCE REPORT As the Buncefield explosion shows, storage terminals and oil depots have the potential to cause devastation in the event of an incident.

Exhibitors at TSA Conference 2011

Hard lessons to learn

CONFERENCE REPORT The top line recommendation of the inquiry into the Buncefield explosion was an improvement in corporate safety culture.

Burned out Storage Terminal

The last word...?

TERMINALS It might be thought that there was nothing left to be said about the 2005 Buncefield explosion, but the end of criminal proceedings has allowed some more information to come into the public domain

Back in the real world

CONFERENCE REPORT The Buncefield incident continues to dominate discussions in the UK tank storage sector. The necessary changes to operations informed most of the presentations at this year’s TSA conference

MHT fits independent alarms

The Buncefield investigation has highlighted the need for depots and terminals handling flammable liquids to have independent high level alarms fitted to protect against overfills.

Houston, we have a success

REPORT This year marked a major anniversary for the ILTA trade show: it was its 30th annual event and with more than 3,000 people in attendance proved that demand is as great as ever for a meeting of minds of the storage terminal sector and its suppliers

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