Explosion erschüttert eine der größten Raffinerien Russlands: Feuer bricht aus

I hope Ukraine did this. I want to see Russia’s refinery production all destroyed. No gas, no diesel, no more war.

So…just for informational purposes…where are the last 16? 😈

very good, make it 30.

This has got to be pushing Putin to the breaking point. I’m getting pretty frightened that he hasn’t launched a major defense of Kursk. It feels ominous; it wouldn’t be out of character for Putin to just fuck everyone’s shit up because if he can’t have it, no one will.

These oil refinery are just Begging for a smoke. They can’t seems to Kick the habit. Everyone can agree its Habit forming and Flammable. So Sorry.

Anyone who has worked in a refinery knows how dangerous/detrimental combustion events can be. If you don’t do the proper assessments, you’re setting yourself up for an even larger failure later (See API 579 Part 11, Equity has some good material on fire damage assessments; https://e2g.com/industry-insights-ar/understanding-fire-damage-assessments/)

People may recall Philadelphia Energy Solutions (now defunct). That even occurred because a pipe elbow leaked in their HF Alky. Vapor cloud ignited. Refinery was destroyed and company went bankrupt.

Meanwhile, we’re talking actual *explosions* and uncontrolled combustion around equipment of potentially dubious mechanical integrity.

It is sheer luck that they have not had bigger events occur. I’d be skeptical of being within a few miles of any of these plants in Russia. At least get out of the BLEVE area. Workers there are always just inches from death when drones hit the plant.