Buncefield-RootCausesandFacilitySitingIssues.pdfVIP

Buncefield – Root Causes and FacilityFacility SitingSiting IssuesIssues DrDr. MM. SamSam MannanMannan, PEPE, CSPCSP, DHCDHC Regents Professor and Director Holder of the T. Michael O’Connor Chair I Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center ArtieArtie McFerrinMcFerrin ChemicalChemical EngineeringEngineering DepartmentDepartment Texas AM University System College Station, Texas 77843-3122, USA (979) 862-3985, mannan@ http://processedu BUNCEFIELDBUNCEFIELD OILOIL STORAGESTORAGE DEPOTDEPOT • STRATEGICALLY PLACED CLOSE TO LONDON,, ON PIPELINE NET WORK, SUPPLYING ROAD FUELS AND AVIATION FUEL TO HEATHROW AND GATWICK AIRPORTS. • 3 OPERATORS - HERTFORDSHIRE OIL STORAGE LTD (HOSL) - BRITISH PIPELINE AGENCY LTD (BPA) - BPBP OILOIL UKUK LTDLTD • CONSENT TO STORE APPROX. 195,000 TONNES OF FUEL CHRONOLOGYCHRONOLOGY OFOF EVENTSEVENTS • At or about 7 pm on December 10, 2005, Tank 912 started receiving a consignment of 8,400m3 unleaded motor fuel. At the commencement of receiptreceipt ofof thisthis consignmentconsignment, thethe tanktank gauginggauging recordsrecords showshow thatthat TankTank 912:912: – contained 1,079m3 of unleaded motor fuel; and 3 – had ullage of 4,971m ; 3 • The flow rate to Tank 912 was initially 550m /hr. From approximately 3 am on December 11, 2005, the Automated Tank Gauging System indicated that the level for Tank 912 remained static at two-thirds full. Duringg this time the tank temperature for Tank 912 continued to rise. • At approximately 5:35 am on December 11, 2005, the fuel in Tank 912 began to overfl