Total S.A. Recovering after Major Fire at U.K.'s Lindsey Oil Refinery

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Total SA (NYSE:TOT) (Paris, France), the owner and operator of the 224,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Lindsey Oil Refinery in Grimsby, Humberside, England, is currently performing safety assessments and a clean-up plan at the production site after a fire followed by a small explosion broke out in the Distillation Area of the refinery on June 29.

At the time of the explosion, the refinery was performing a planned maintenance turnaround at the Stage 2 area of the refinery. The shutdown started June 4 and was scheduled to last until July 30. Several tie-in projects are being performed alongside the routine maintenance schedule for vital units such as the 11,400-BBL/d Crude 2 unit, where the fire apparently started.

According to refinery sources, the production was halted because of the incident. All adjacent units of the affected plant were isolated, and 24 hours later, Total confirmed that the fire had been extinguished and that the affected process units would remain shut down, while the rest of the units remained operational.

Through a press release, Total confirmed that two workers were treated for minor injuries and one worker died in the explosion.

On July 5, following a meeting, the workforce engaged in the project to construct a new hydrodesulfurization unit has been advised not return to work until the clean-up process is completed, and the contractor workforce for unaffected areas will return to work.

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