Tuesday June 05, 2007

2 dead, 2 injured in Singapore refinery blaze

channelnewsasia.com (backblog) :

A fire at US oil giant ExxonMobil's refinery at Pulau Ayer Chawan on Jurong Island early Thursday [3 May 2007] left two workers dead and two others injured. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said the incident occurred at about 1.15am. When firemen arrived at the scene, the blaze was raging at an overhead exchanger of a distillation column that processes crude oil. The fire was put out in half an hour.

ExxonMobil Singapore Refinery Manager Steve Blume said the company is sorry about the accident and is greatly saddened by the tragic event. ExxonMobil says it has shut down one of the two crude distillation units (CDUs) at the refinery, following the fire. A spokesman says the affected CDU has a capacity of 115,000 barrels per day. The other CDU, with a capacity of 185,000 barrels per day, continues to operate.

(2007-06-05 15:49:56 SGT) [Energy] Permalink

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