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TalenaGor

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2. I used to work in a chevron and a shell oil refinery

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Jan 6, 2024, 11:14 PM

Jan 2024

early 90's in the SF bay area - the shell one had two explosions while I was there - the first was way far from where I was but the second one knocked me out of my chair and things fell off the walls and desks - scary af!

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Missed LA Bhopal: The 2015 Torrance, CA Exxon Refinery Explosion: A Nice Process Based Animation of the Failure. [View all] NNadir Jan 2024 OP

So what is the HF used for in refining, and where does it end up? 4dog Jan 2024 #1

A quick search says that HF can be used in an alkylating unit 4dog Jan 2024 #3

That was, I think, a potentially very dangerous experiment. Hopefully the "salt" was calcium fluoride. NNadir Jan 2024 #4

One could add a list of dangers escaped, through grad school, 4dog Jan 2024 #5

I used to work in a chevron and a shell oil refinery TalenaGor Jan 2024 #2