Tag: gas leak

Jordan dismissed senior officials at the country's main Red Sea port of Aqaba port after finding gross negligence behind the deaths of thirteen people following a chlorine gas leak at a major berth.

Thirteen people have died and 251 were injured during a toxic gas leak from a storage tank at Jordan’s Aqaba port, on June 27.

After a leak of liquid petroleum gas was discovered by a worker, IMCA provides lessons learned through this incident that resulted in an uncontrolled release of around 15 tonnes of LPG.

Gard Club released a safety alert, providing its safety recommendations over fumigant gasses leaking from cargo holds.

BW Offshore issued a statement informing of an incident that took place in a cargo tank onboard the FPSO Espoir Ivoirien, which led to two fatalities.

Following a natural gas release approximately three miles offshore of Corpus Christi, Texas on September 1st 2020, Texas General Land Office and United States Coast Guard joined forces to shut it down.

According to local media, an unknown poisonous gas leaked from a container at port Karachi in Pakistan, killing at least five people, while about 70 others fainted. Pakistan's Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Zaidi commented the cause of the gas leak is not known yet, adding that a high-level team has been formed to investigate the matter.

Fire took place at the SPD9 platform, in the South Pars gas field, on June 12. About 14 people were working at the platform the moment of the fire, and after the explosion they were transported to Asaluyeh, Southern Province of Bushehr, by helicopter. No casualties were reported, while the fire has now been contained.

The US Coast Guard informed that it is monitoring a natural gas and condensate leak from an orphan well, located four nautical miles southeast of Bob Hall Pier near Corpus Christi, Texas, on Thursday, May 9. The US Coast Guard is cooperating with the Railroad Commission of Texas, Texas General Land Office and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to monitor and secure the release.

The production of Equinor's Aasta Hasteen gas field continues being out of operation as the Norwegian authorities and Equinor investigate the cause of a gas leak, which occurred on the field the previous week. No personal injuries have been reported as a consequence of the incident. According to Equinor, the operator company, personnel were in the immediate vicinity when the leak occurred.