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Tank farm at McMurdo Station, Antarctica An oil terminal (also called a tank farm , tankfarm , oil installation or oil depot ) is an industrial facility for the storage of oil, petroleum and petrochemical products, and from which these products are transported to end users or other storage facilities. [ 1 ]
The explosion killed 1 employee and injured 24 people. William Van Zile was 40 years old and lived in North Arlington, New Jersey, when he died.Zile had been working at the Texaco Oil Tank Farm when, while walking with another employee, the full impact of the blast hit him, causing fatal burns. [5]
The crude oil tanks around Cushing have approximately 91 million barrels of storage capacity. [3] [4] [5] On October 28, 2016, tanks held a total of 58.5 million barrels of oil, [6] though it has dropped in 2018. [7] Tank farm owners at Cushing include: [8] Magellan Midstream Partners, 7,800,000 barrels (1,240,000 m 3) of storage, formerly ...
By evening, Louisiana State Police had determined a lightning strike caused the single-tank fire at the Calcasieu Refining Co. tank farm in Lake Charles shortly before 2 p.m., the agency said.
October 24, 1926 - Two were killed in a tank farm fire, in Beaumont. [155] December 14, 1940 - A tank farm fire I Texas City killed one person, and injured 18 others. [156] May 16, 1952 - A massive tank farm fire hit a Corpus Christi terminal. [155] April 11, 1965 - A gas well blew out in Parker County, causing a massive fire.
Cuban firefighters were joined by special teams sent by Mexico and Venezuela on Sunday as they battled for a second day to control a fire blazing at a big oil tank farm in the western province of ...
Patoka Oil Terminal is part of District Two of the Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts. It was responsible for three-quarters of pipeline movements in that district in 2010 and processes approximately 2.2 million barrels of oil per day. [3] [4] Patoka is the main oil terminal in the region where oil was first discovered in 1938. [5]
Oil tankers load crude from the tanks via a pump station located approximately one mile offshore, known as the Christy Lee Platform. The tank farm's location has been controversial since the 1989/1990 eruption of Mount Redoubt, when the facility was flooded by lahars. [1] Concerns were renewed during the 2009 eruptions of Redoubt. [2]