Whatcom Fall Park Gasoline Pipeline Explosion

The Texas City disaster took place on April 16th, 1947, with the detonation of 2300 tons of ammonium nitrate, near the Texas City docks. The Grandcamp was set to embark on an assigned trip to Europe to help in the reconstruction of various countries in the aftermath of the Second World War. The ships were loaded with 32.5 % ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which is a high explosive used in military and mining operations. The result of which was a DDT which is a deflagration to detonation causing a massive explosion leading to many deaths, destroyed homes, and the surroundings being ruined. The leading causes of this horrific tragedy were poor transportation and storing laws of ammonium nitrate which was a main component in the disaster, if these two components had have been handled with more care the lives of innocent people would not have been lost.

On January 15, 1919, one of the most tragic and strange disasters occurred in Boston, Massachusetts. It was around forty degrees that day, when two days previously it had been only two degrees. At 12:30 PM 2,300,000 gallons of molasses spilled into the streets near Keany Square after the tank holding it exploded, most think due to a combination of poor design and the drastic temperature flux. The aftermath was tragic, with twenty one deaths and one hundred and fifty injured. The company who owned the tank was quick to blame others, but soon it was found that the tank was poorly constructed, and if more time had been taken, the Boston Molasses Disaster would never have happened.

Originally, the company was charged 1.3 million dollars for causing this spill. This means that the company had paid most of their profit into cleaning up oil from a pond. But at the same time most of the people around them had experienced things that they have not experienced before, also since this had occurred the company had gotten a lot of hate and bad reviews because of this oil spill so many of the people working there are known as a bad company. Plains Midstream company may have also experienced a lot of financial problems because they had to pay a lot to clean all of this up. This company also must have lost a lot of there money because now they cannot invest a lot of money into this specific area since this spill had occurred. Also this company had caused a lot of other types of spills in Canada and one of the biggest one is Little Buffalo oil spill. This company is already down a lot of there money because they had to repair a lot of different pipes in a lot of different areas, so there in a lot of

Introduction. On 06 January 2005, a cargo train carrying a massive amount of chlorine spilled in Graniteville, South Carolina creating panic and indeed chaos to both citizens and emergency managers on how to properly respond to the hazardous materials released from the train wreckage. The people of the small rural town of Graniteville located just outside of Aiken, South Carolina, where caught in their sleep when Freight train 192 traveling approximately 47 mph struck other consignments spilling a dangerous amount of chlorine gas into the atmosphere. As a result of this disaster, 5,400 individuals were evacuated from their homes whiling causing nine death. The magnitude of such disaster was one that would change any town or city forever.

Opponents of the use of the pipeline mode to transport fuel claim that it is responsible for numerous deaths that occur annually. The rate of increased accidents is attributable to the fact that as a mode of fuel transportation, minimal oversight, outdated pipes, and insufficient precautions subject

The investigation will take time to enfold, so a statement must be issued without full knowledge of event. As seen with past oil crises, the story will receive an extensive amount of news coverage and will be a leading story for an extended period of time. It is important to understand that the explosion will create a number of victims, each who must be addressed separately and in a different manner. Even if the company is found to not be at fault for the explosion, the company’s name will forever be tied to the crisis. The company’s response to the crisis must be fast and effective but also project a sympathetic tone. However, as the Director of Communications, the job also entails protecting and improving the company’s credibility. The different type of vehicles used are face-to-face meetings, video/tele conferencing, e-mail, company website/social media, task force groups, hotlines, and the

This incident could have lasted about three to four days which would have been much more worse. Luckily no one got harmed. The emergency personnel got shut down which stopped the fuel supply pump and hosed down some petroleum tanks from failing. If those tanks had failed this incident would be as worse as it already has been. People who live around the area of this refinery often complains about the odor and how it has cause health problems. LA Times has said that Slover said, “The fire department hasn’t received any formal complaints from residents about Tuesday’s fire.” There hasn’t been a fire in five years at the refinery, but the fire department has been called down to the plant about a few times a year. A news website call LA Times mentioned that stated by Slover, “Anytime something happens over there, it’s got the potential to be really bad.” A Air quality district has checked any air quality violations. Also an inspector in their district has examined their plant after the incident. There has been some notices of a violation in the month of June that several parts of the refinery was leaking organic compounds. Right after Atwood said, “A follow-up inspection showed that the leaks have been

Already at 95% completion, the pipeline is scheduled to cross the Missouri River a mere 10 miles upstream from Standing Rock Reservation. The most urgent of the threats this pipeline proposes is the threat of contamination of the Missouri River, a crucial water source to both the Dakotas, particularly the Sioux nation tribes, for whom this river is their only source of water for drinking, irrigation, and fish. The pipeline was originally routed to cross the Missouri River further north, 10 miles upstream from the State’s Capital, Bismarck. However, after a study was conducted about the potential impact of pipeline spills, given the proximity to wellheads serving as the City’s source of drinking water, the route was rejected and moved to Standing Rock. Oil spills are the greatest environmental concern when considering the pipeline’s potential harm. North Dakota has experienced 292 oil spills in the last two years alone, despite those companies who own the various pipelines ensuring that spills are a rarity, citing “safeguards” that prevent them. The reality is that oil spills are a frequent occurrence when transporting oil for thousands of miles, so the matter of oil spills is not a question of if, but rather when, and how many(Mckenna). Of all the nearly 300 spills that occurred in North Dakota

On Monday October 31st, 2016, a pipeline exploded and shutdown the flow of gasoline and diesel on the East Coast which could effect pump prices for a couple of weeks. The explosion took place near the site of a gas spill that happened back in September that caused supply shortages and also an increase of prices in the Southeast. The Colonial Pipeline was forced to shutdown both of their mainlines. The New York Harbor’s gasoline soared from anywhere from 15% up to $1.64 a gallon. A little before 3 pm, the explosion occurred. Gasoline was lit and set off a huge fire that was not controlled and it continued to burn for almost the rest of the evening. Anyone who drives should expect price increases. The fire and emergency persons allowed the fire

We all know there is something in the water. In June 1969, there was an oil slick on the Cuyahoga River which was a turning point in American attitudes about water pollution. It wasn't the first time a U.S. river had caught fire; the Cuyahoga had already burned nine times since the Civil War but it came at a time when environmental issues were already in the

The incident in assessment is the March 29th 2013 Mayflower Oil spill that occurred in Mayflower, Arkanas, United States of America. The pipeline, named the Pegasus line, belonged to operator, ExxonMobil, transporting Canadian Wabasca heavy crude from Athabasca Oil sands when the pipeline failed (McGowan 2013). The Pegasus line a 20 inch line with a total length of 850 mines and carried approximately 95,000 barrels per day from Patoka, IL to Nederland, TX (ADEQ, 2013). The pipeline was designed with a distance of 18 miles between isolation valves and was buried approximately 24 inches where it ruptured (ADEQ, 2013).

According a Philadelphia Inquirer analysis, approximately 705,00 people live or work within a half mile of rail lines that carry crude oil. Furthermore, few of these citizens are aware of the movement of Bakken Crude Oil through the city. Even fewer still are aware of the great danger that a Bakken derailment and the damage a subsequent explosion would cause the community. This analysis will spotlight the hazards associated with a Bakken Crude Oil derailment.

Four weeks before the explosion, there was a discovery that a worker had bumped the control switch where it had moved a portion of the pipe through the BOP, that caused chunks of rubber that were found in the drilling fluid. No action was taken to fix the problem (Cook,2010).

The series of ethical issues that took place leading to the disaster are complex, and other factors such as economic and political issues arose after the catastrophe happened. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the ethical issues that took place before the disaster happened, and investigate the moral obligations, social responsibility and justice at an individual and organizational level. The ethical dilemma is broken down into three categories, which include the company’s management priority to reduce costs and time, neglecting safety issues addressed by staff, human misjudgment and errors in neglecting pressure reading; and finally, overlooking the technical design flaws that were not tested by BP before installing to use. The

The article does not state what the neighboring company’s incident plans involved, but does bring up that the business responsible for the pipeline, China Petrochemical Corp or Sinopec Group, has been rejected numerous times over plans that violated environmental standards. As a company that answers to the government over its products and operations, their crisis management should be heavily invested in. According to Ready.gov, “A comprehensive accident prevention program can reduce the frequency of accidents dramatically.” For a business that cannot avoid setting up on near probable threats, should also follow the steps found on Ready.gov. The site provides a source of program management planning and the steps needed to take to be actively upholding the law. This not only protects the company but also protects the people working for the company.