Este artículo está destinado a ser un complemento del artículo de Wikipedia Lista de accidentes de oleoductos en los Estados Unidos. Se incluyen accidentes grandes, informados en el artículo de Wikipedia, Desastres industriales. El proceso de producción abarca todas las partes del proceso, desde la perforación en busca de combustibles hasta el refinado o procesamiento hasta el producto final. También incluye almacenamiento y eliminación de residuos. A menos que se indique lo contrario, todos los accidentes están asociados con pozos de producción.
Dado que muchos accidentes involucran el transporte de materias primas, varios estados incluidos en esta lista tienen poca o ninguna producción de combustibles fósiles.
Alabama
- 8 de noviembre de 2013 - Condado de Pickens, tren de petróleo crudo descarrila, incendio, una persona evacuada [1]
Alaska
- 24 de marzo de 1989 - El derrame de petróleo del Exxon Valdez ocurrió en Prince William Sound, Alaska .
- 31 de diciembre de 2012: la plataforma de perforación costa afuera se suelta del remolque, 18 evacuados [2]
- Fuga de gas natural en la entrada Cook Inlet 2016-2017
- 14 de abril de 2017: un pozo de BP tuvo una fuga de petróleo y gas de North Slope durante 3 días. [3]
Arizona
- El estado tenía pozos de petróleo o gas activos en abril de 2015, pero no se han descubierto accidentes. [4]
Arkansas
- Septiembre de 2010 - Marzo de 2011 - Cerca de Greenbrier, un enjambre de terremotos cerca de los pozos de inyección, el mayor 4.7 [5]
- 21 de mayo de 2012 - Se produjo un incendio y una explosión en una batería de tanque de petróleo crudo abandonada, cerca de El Dorado. [6]
- 29 de marzo de 2013 - Mayflower - Derrame del oleoducto "Exxon-Pegasus", 22 viviendas evacuadas [7]
- 12 de noviembre de 2014 - terremoto, ver Kansas
California
- 27 de enero de 1908 - Un rayo golpeó el tanque número 3 del parque de tanques de Union Oil Co. en Ávila. El perno golpeó a las 3:30 pm y encendió el aceite almacenado en el tanque. [8]
- 5 de octubre de 1913 - Se culpó a una chispa de una locomotora que pasaba por iniciar un incendio, en un tanque de 250,000 galones de aceite destilado en el patio de tanques de San Diego Standard Oil. Cuando el aceite se quemó, arrojó chispas hacia el cielo, que llovieron sobre varios otros tanques cercanos, encendiéndolos. El fuego ardió durante 2 días. [9]
- 7 de abril de 1926 - Un incendio causado por un rayo, que involucró un tanque de 1 millón de galones, cerca de San Luis Obispo. [8]
- 1 de septiembre de 1968 - Un rayo golpeó un depósito de superficie de almacenamiento de petróleo, en la refinería de Standard Oil Company of California en El Segundo, encendió el techo de madera e inició un incendio en la superficie de 7.25 acres de aceite de búnker que ardió durante 13 días. Un ataque con siete generadores de espuma de alta expansión y cinco de baja expansión produjo más de 4 millones de pies cúbicos de espuma. Sin embargo, estos esfuerzos fracasaron y hubo que aceptar un agotamiento controlado. [10]
- 16 de septiembre de 1928 - El pozo George F. Getty Inc. explotó en los campos petrolíferos de Santa Fe Springs, provocando un incendio que ardió durante casi dos meses. [11]
- 1969 - El derrame de petróleo de 1969 en Santa Bárbara . En enero y febrero de 1969, en el canal de Santa Bárbara, cerca de la ciudad de Santa Bárbara, en el sur de California. Fue el derrame de petróleo más grande en aguas de Estados Unidos en ese momento, y ahora ocupa el tercer lugar después de los derrames de Deepwater Horizon de 2010 y Exxon Valdez de 1989. Sigue siendo el mayor derrame de petróleo que se ha producido en las aguas de California.
- 10 de abril de 1989 - Se produjo una explosión e incendio en una columna agrietada en la refinería Chevron Richmond. Un total de 8 trabajadores y bomberos resultaron heridos. Tres trabajadores sufrieron quemaduras de segundo y tercer grado.
- 23 de febrero de 1999 - Ocurrió un incendio en la unidad de crudo en la refinería de petróleo Avon de Tosco Corporation en Martínez. Los trabajadores intentaban reemplazar las tuberías conectadas a una torre fraccionadora de 150 pies de altura mientras la unidad de proceso estaba en funcionamiento. Durante la remoción de la tubería, se liberó nafta en el fraccionador caliente y se encendió. Las llamas envolvieron a cinco trabajadores ubicados a diferentes alturas en la torre. Cuatro hombres murieron y uno resultó gravemente herido. [12]
- 25 de marzo de 1999 - Una explosión e incendio, en la refinería de Chevron Richmond, que esparció humos nocivos y envió a cientos de residentes de Richmond a hospitales.
- 6 de agosto de 2012 - Un gran incendio estalló en la refinería Chevron Richmond. Aproximadamente 15.000 buscaron tratamiento médico por exposición al humo. El 15 de abril de 2013, la Junta de Seguridad Química de EE. UU. Publicó su informe preliminar en el que cita a Chevron por una falla crónica en el reemplazo de equipos envejecidos y pidió una revisión de la supervisión regulatoria de la industria para evitar que tales accidentes vuelvan a ocurrir.
- 12 de febrero de 2014, - El ácido sulfúrico quemó a dos trabajadores en la unidad de alquilación de una refinería de Martínez, quienes fueron transportados a la unidad de quemados del hospital más cercano en un vuelo vital. El incidente ocurrió cuando los operadores abrieron una válvula de bloqueo para volver a poner en servicio un sistema de muestreo de ácido. Muy poco después de que esta válvula de bloqueo se hubiera abierto por completo, la tubería directamente aguas abajo de la válvula se separó, rociando con ácido a dos operadores. [13]
- 15 de mayo de 2014 - Los Ángeles, rotura de un oleoducto, 4 enfermos [14]
- 18 de febrero de 2015 - Torrance, explosión de una refinería, cuatro heridos [15]
- 19 de mayo de 2015 - Santa Bárbara - Ruptura de oleoducto, gran derrame de petróleo [16]
- 22 de octubre de 2017 - Un incendio en una bomba de pozo de petróleo, al este de Orcutt. [17]
- 19 de enero de 2018 - Se produjo un incendio en la torre de enfriamiento de una refinería en Bakersfield. [18]
- 8 de octubre de 2018 - Casi 1,900 galones de petróleo crudo se filtraron de una tubería rota durante un fin de semana, en una refinería de Torrance. [19]
- 22 de diciembre de 2018: cinco galones de ácido fluorhídrico modificado se filtraron de una manguera, mientras se transfiere de un camión cisterna a un contenedor, en una refinería de Torrance. [20]
Colorado
- Los datos sobre derrames de petróleo están disponibles en el sitio web de Análisis de derrames de la Comisión de Conservación de Gas y Petróleo de Colorado
- Agosto de 2001 a 2012: Trinidad , terremotos de magnitud 5,3
- Febrero de 2004 - Williams fue multado con $ 30,000 por un incendio en un pozo en Parachute. [21]
- 26 de febrero de 2006 - Incendio en una estación compresora de gas, al suroeste de Fort Lupton [22]
- 25 de junio de 2012 - Un trabajador muerto, dos heridos en la explosión de la estación compresora de gas natural BP Pinon [23] [24] en Bayfield
- 11 de septiembre de 2012 - Un mal funcionamiento e incendio en una estación de compresores de gas, en Colorado. [25]
- 9 de mayo de 2014 - Condado de Weld: seis petroleros de un tren de 100 vagones descarrilaron, uno tiene una fuga estimada de 6.500 galones. (de 28.000 gal. de contenido) [26]
- 13 de noviembre de 2014 - Explosión en el condado de Weld, un muerto, dos heridos, [27]
- 17 de abril de 2015: un rayo cayó sobre un tanque de almacenamiento de aguas residuales en Greeley, que encendió los vapores del interior. Luego, otros tanques de almacenamiento se incendiaron. [28]
- 17 de abril de 2017 - Una línea de flujo cortada, de un pozo de gas, conduce a una explosión de gas en una casa, matando a 2 personas, en Firestone, Colorado . [29] [30]
- 8 de mayo de 2017 - Se produjo un incendio en un tanque de un pozo de fracturación hidráulica cerca de Greeley. [31]
- 25 de mayo de 2017 - Una explosión e incendio en un tanque de petróleo en el norte de Colorado mató a un trabajador y quemó a otros tres. [32]
- 20 de septiembre de 2017 - Un incendio en una granja de tanques de petróleo en el condado de Weld. [33]
- 29 de octubre de 2017 - Un pozo de petróleo cerca de Berthoud , tapado en 1984, comenzó a derramar lodo de perforación. [34]
- 22 de diciembre de 2017: una persona resultó herida en una explosión e incendio en un pozo de petróleo en el condado de Weld, Colorado . [35]
- 18 de febrero de 2018 - Un derrame de líquido cerca de los tanques utilizados en la perforación petrolera, cerca de Erie , fue de más de 200 galones. [36]
- 19 de abril de 2018: un oleoducto liberó una cantidad desconocida de aguas residuales de producción de petróleo y gas, cerca de Bayfield. [37]
- 19 de junio de 2018 - Un rayo provocó una explosión que dañó o destruyó hasta seis tanques de aceite en una instalación de almacenamiento cerca de Hudson en el condado de Weld. [38]
Delaware
- El 17 de julio de 2001, ocurrió una explosión en la refinería de Motiva Enterprises en la ciudad de Delaware. Un equipo de trabajo estaba reparando una pasarela sobre una granja de tanques de almacenamiento de ácido sulfúrico cuando una chispa de su trabajo caliente encendió vapores inflamables en uno de los tanques. Este tanque tenía agujeros en su techo y carcasa debido a la corrosión. El tanque se derrumbó y uno de los trabajadores contratados murió; otros ocho resultaron heridos. Se liberó un volumen significativo de ácido sulfúrico al medio ambiente. [39]
- 5 de noviembre de 2005 - Dos empleados contratados fueron vencidos y heridos fatalmente por nitrógeno mientras realizaban trabajos de mantenimiento cerca de una abertura de 24 pulgadas en la parte superior de un reactor. Uno de los trabajadores murió intentando rescatarlo. [40]
- 29 de noviembre de 2015 - Un operador de la Unidad de alquilación Kellogg de la Delaware City Refining Company (DCRC) sufrió quemaduras de segundo grado en las áreas de la cara y el cuello mientras realizaba actividades de eliminación de inventario en una embarcación en preparación para la extracción de un carrete de tubería de un proceso. Este incidente sigue a otros dos incidentes en la misma instalación ocurridos el 21 de agosto y el 28 de agosto de 2015 [41].
Florida
- El estado tenía pozos de petróleo o gas activos en abril de 2015, pero no se han descubierto accidentes. [4]
Idaho
- El estado tenía pozos de petróleo o gas activos en abril de 2015, pero no se han descubierto accidentes. [4]
Illinois
- 20 de noviembre de 2012 - Mokena, Ruptura de tubería, derrame de petróleo en tanques [42]
- 5 de marzo de 2015 - Galena, descarrilamiento de tren, incendio, evacuaciones [43]
- 14 de noviembre de 2017: un hombre resultó gravemente herido en la explosión y el incendio de una plataforma petrolera en el condado de White, y luego murió a causa de sus heridas. [44]
Indiana
- En septiembre de 1941, una conflagración de nueve horas en la refinería Whiting Standard de Indiana mató a un hombre e hirió a otros 20. Ese incendio también destruyó más de 30 tanques de almacenamiento de petróleo y media docena de edificios con una pérdida estimada en $ 100,000. [45]
- El 27 de agosto de 1955, una nueva hidroconformadora en la refinería Whiting Standard de Indiana explotó y se quemó. Luego, un incendio de 8 días consumió al menos 45 acres de tanques de almacenamiento y dañó hogares y negocios cercanos. Además de un niño muerto en su casa, un trabajador de Standard Oil murió de un ataque cardíaco, otros 40 resultaron heridos y 1.500 fueron evacuados. [45]
- El 23 de noviembre de 1957, 2 trabajadores murieron en un incendio en una refinería de Whiting Standard of Indiana. [45]
- El 16 de abril de 1988, 16 trabajadores resultaron heridos en una explosión en la refinería Whiting Standard de Indiana. [45]
- El 31 de octubre de 1988, 3 trabajadores murieron y 1 resultó gravemente herido en la explosión e incendio de una planta de asfalto en la refinería Whiting Standard de Indiana. [45]
- Aproximadamente el 26 de marzo de 2014 - Merlán - Derrame de petróleo crudo de la refinería. [46]
Kansas
- 25 de junio de 2013 - Una batería de tanque de aceite ubicada en Ft. Leavenworth fue alcanzado por un rayo y quemado. [47]
- 23 de septiembre de 2014: una tormenta eléctrica provocó un incendio en la batería del tanque de Russell Co. [48]
- 12 de noviembre de 2014 - Condado de Sumner, epicentro del terremoto de magnitud 4.8 [49]
- 19 de enero de 2015 - ver OK
- 25 de septiembre de 2017: un rayo provoca un incendio en la batería del tanque de aceite cerca de Lindsborg. [50]
- 30 de abril de 2018: se culpa a Lightning por un par de incendios de baterías de tanques de aceite en los condados de Reno y Russell. [51]
- 26 de junio de 2018 - Se culpó a un rayo por un incendio en un tanque de petróleo, al suroeste de Oxford. [52]
Kentucky
- Enero de 2005 - Carrollton, ruptura de oleoducto de crudo, derrame de petróleo, [53]
- Octubre de 2008 - Burlington, ruptura de un oleoducto, derrame de petróleo, 80 viviendas evacuadas [53]
Luisiana
- 30 de noviembre de 1980 - Una plataforma petrolera contratada por Texaco perforó accidentalmente la mina de sal de Diamond Crystal Salt Company debajo del lago Peigneur . Debido a un sistema de referencia de coordenadas incorrecto o mal interpretado, la broca de 14 pulgadas (36 cm) entró en la mina, iniciando una cadena de eventos que convirtió el lago de agua dulce en agua salada, con un agujero profundo. Los 55 empleados de la mina en el momento del accidente pudieron escapar gracias a simulacros de evacuación bien planificados y ensayados, mientras que la tripulación de la plataforma de perforación huyó de la plataforma antes de que fuera succionada hacia las nuevas profundidades del lago. [54]
- 24 de octubre de 1998 - Se produjo una falla catastrófica de la embarcación y un incendio cerca de Pitkin, en la instalación de separación de puntos comunes del Templo 22-1 propiedad de Sonat Exploration Co. Cuatro trabajadores que estaban cerca de la embarcación murieron y la instalación sufrió daños importantes. El recipiente carecía de un sistema de alivio de presión y se rompió debido a la sobrepresurización durante el arranque, liberando material inflamable que se encendió. [55]
- El derrame de petróleo de Taylor en 2004 es un evento continuo de bajo volumen, que a partir de 2018 todavía tenía una fuga de entre 300 y 700 barriles de petróleo por día. [56]
- 20 de abril de 2010 - Derrame de petróleo de Deepwater Horizon , en el Golfo de México, 11 muertos
- 22 de julio de 2013 - Pozo de gas costa afuera, 44 trabajadores evacuados [57]
- 8 de octubre de 2015 - Tres personas murieron y otras dos resultaron gravemente heridas el jueves cuando explotó una planta de gas natural en Gibson, Louisiana. [58]
- 22 de noviembre de 2016, - Se produjo una liberación de isobutano en la unidad de alquilación de ácido sulfúrico en la refinería ExxonMobil en Baton Rouge, Louisiana, que resultó en cuatro lesiones graves a los trabajadores y heridas a otros dos. El incidente ocurrió durante un mantenimiento menor en una línea de isobutano inflamable que falló, liberando isobutano en la unidad que se encendió. [59]
- 14 de abril de 2017 - Explosión de pozo en Red River Parish, Louisiana . [60]
- 18 de abril de 2017 - Un trabajador murió y otros 2 resultaron heridos por la explosión de un tanque de pozo en Mansfield, Louisiana . [61]
- 15 de octubre de 2017 - Un trabajador estaba desaparecido y se presume muerto, después de la explosión de una plataforma de perforación e incendio en el lago Pontchartrain. Otros 7 trabajadores resultaron heridos. [62]
- 29 de julio de 2018: una antorcha para una tubería de etileno se extendió a la torre en la que se montó en Plaquemine. [63]
Maryland
- El estado tenía pozos de petróleo o gas activos en abril de 2015, pero no se han descubierto accidentes. [4]
- El 6 de octubre de 1979, los vapores de GNL en la instalación de GNL de Dominion Cove Point se filtraron de una bomba, causando una explosión que provocó 1 muerte, 1 lesión crítica y daños importantes en la instalación. [64]
Michigan
- 25 de julio de 2010 - Cerca de Marshall, derrame masivo de dilbit (bituminoso diluido) de Canadá
- 16 de septiembre de 2014– Benton Harbor, fuga de gas en el gasoducto, 500 residentes evacuados [65]
- 3 de enero de 2018: una plataforma petrolera se incendió, hiriendo a 1, en Evart. [66]
Misisipí
- 5 de junio de 2006 - Raleigh, explosión de un campo petrolero, tres muertos, uno herido [67]
- 31 de octubre de 2009 - Dos adolescentes murieron cuando explotó un tanque de aceite ubicado en un claro en el bosque cerca de una de las casas de los adolescentes en Carnes, MS. [68]
- 28 de junio de 2016 - Una planta de gas natural de Enterprise Gas Processing, LLC en Pascagoula, Mississippi explotó y se quemó. [69]
Misuri
- 30 de abril de 2013 - Condado de Ripley, derrame de petróleo crudo de un oleoducto, [70]
- 29 de noviembre de 2013: explosión e incendio en una estación compresora de gas natural, cerca de Houstonia.
Montana
- 2 de julio de 2011 - 10 millas de Billings, derrame de tubería, evacuaciones [71]
- 16 de enero de 2015 - cerca de Glendive, rotura de un oleoducto [72]
- 27 de abril de 2018 - Un estimado de 25,000 galones de petróleo y 3,780,000 galones de agua producida, también conocida como salmuera, fueron liberados de un pozo de petróleo en la Reserva Ft Peck. [73]
Nebraska
- 8 de agosto de 2018: una batería de un tanque de aceite se incendió después de ser alcanzada por un rayo en el condado de Franklin. [74]
Nevada
- El estado tenía pozos de petróleo o gas activos en abril de 2015, pero no se han descubierto accidentes. [4]
Nuevo Mexico
- 18,622 derrames reportados al 13 de enero de 2015 en el sitio web de la División de Conservación de Petróleo del Estado de Nuevo México
- 26 de mayo de 1983: explosión e incendio en una estación de compresores de gas cerca de Bloomfield. Dos empleados sufrieron quemaduras graves. [75]
- 8 de abril de 2004 - Cuatro trabajadores resultaron gravemente heridos cuando se liberaron y encendieron componentes de gasolina altamente inflamables en la refinería de Giant Industries Ciniza, al este de Gallup. [76]
- 11 de julio de 2016 - Explosión en Nuevo México, se incendian 36 tanques de petróleo [77] [78]
- 9 de junio de 2017: la batería de un tanque se incendió, a 32 kilómetros al oeste de Hobbs. [79]
- 1 de septiembre de 2017: una explosión en Otis provocó un incendio en una batería de tanques cerca de Otis. [80]
New Jersey
- El 6 de diciembre de 1970, una serie de poderosas explosiones e incendios arrasaron una parte de las instalaciones de Humble Oil & Refining Company en Linden. Los policías y bomberos que se encontraban en el lugar informaron "numerosos heridos", y tres hospitales en las cercanías de Elizabeth informaron que estaban tratando a los heridos en sus salas de emergencia. [81]
Nueva York
- Lista de explosiones de gas de Nueva York; la mayoría probablemente se encuentran en líneas de distribución y no están asociadas con la producción [82]
- Febrero de 1973 - Rossville, Staten Island, GNL derramado en la contención se enciende e implosiona Tanque de GNL en construcción matando a 40 trabajadores. [83]
1979-2009
- 270 Accidentes en el estado [84]
Después de 2009
- 20 de agosto de 2014 - Albany, derrame de petróleo crudo de un oleoducto, [85]
- 16 de diciembre de 2017 - Un accidente que involucró un camión de aceite para calefacción de una casa provocó un gran incendio en Long Island. [86]
Carolina del Norte
- State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015 but no accidents have been uncovered.[87][88]
- June 13, 2010 - Lightning struck a tank of gasoline at the Colonial Pipeline Company tank farm in Greensboro, and ignited a major blaze.[89]
Dakota del Norte
2006 through October 2014
- Numerous spills, mainly western part of state, at least four injuries[90]
- February 13, 2014 – A fracing well blew out.[91]
2015
- January 6, 2015 – near Williston, large brine spill (reference to this article contains links to stories of earlier spills)[92]
- February 18, 2018 - A fuel oil tank fire at a West Fargo tank farm.[93]
Ohio
Before 2014
- October 20, 1944 – The Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion: An LNG tank suffered a seam failure, leading to LNG vapors entering sewers. The vapors later exploded, causing 130 deaths, and, destroying of square mile of Cleveland, Ohio.
- December 15, 2007 – Geauga County, gas well explosion,[94]
- September 29, 2008 – Medina county, water well pollution[95]
- March 17 – December 24, 2011 – Youngstown, 11 earthquakes near injection wells[96]
- September 2012 to November 2013 –Four eastern Counties, repeated drilling-slurry spills[97]
- November 1, 2012 to January 31, 2013 – Mahoning River, Illegal dumping of fracking waste[98]
- September 30, 2013 – Harrison County, 400 micro-earthquakes[99]
2014
- Twelve accidents, earthquakes, one dead, two injured, about 1000 evacuated [100]
- June 28, 2014 – The Eisenbarth well in Monroe County has numerous explosions and fire.[101]
- March 10, 2014 – Poland Township, Mahoning County, earthquakes, "New Research Links Scores of Earthquakes to Fracking Wells Near a Fault in Ohio", New York Times, January 8, 2015:
- March 17, 2014 – Oak Glen Nature Preserve, Hamilton County, Crude oil pipeline rupture, oil spill "Oil spill at nature preserve "absolutely terrible"', Cincinnati Enquirer, March 19, 2014
- May 4, 2014 – Morgan County, Well leak, Seven evacuated, "Shale well leaks during drilling process, forcing evacuations in Morgan County", Columbus Dispatch, May 8, 2014
- June 28, 2014 – Monroe County, fire, one injured "Fracking fire points out failings", Columbus Dispatch, August 31, 2014
- About August 31, 2014 – near Warren, Injection wells, Earthquake, "Ohio halts injections at two wells for fracking wastewater after quake" Columbus Dispatch, September 6, 2014
- Early September, 2014 – Carroll County, Air pollution, two houses evacuated "Commissioners learn of emissions violation at Blue Racer Plant", News Leader, September 24, 2014
- October 19, 2014 – Guernsey County, explosion, one injured "Drilling worker injured in Guernsey County explosion", Akron Beacon Journal, October 27, 2014
- October 28, 2014 – Jefferson County, Well blowout, 400 families evacuated, "Most allowed back home after fracking-well blowout in eastern Ohio", Columbus Dispatch, October 30, 2014 Columbus Dispatch, October 30, 2014
- October 28, 2014 – Monroe County, pipeline fire Eastern Ohio pipeline hauling toxic mix catches fire", Columbus Dispatch, October 28, 2014
- November 12, 2014 – Noble County, Explosion, one dead "Worker killed in explosion at Noble County oil and gas facility", Columbus Dispatch, November 14, 2014
- December 13, 2014 – Monroe County, Large leak, several families evacuated "Evacuated families in Monroe County await answers on fracking-well gas leak", Columbus Dispatch, December 22, 2014
2015
- January 10, 2015 – Lima, Refinery explosion,[102]
- April 3, 2015 – Vienna – Oil spill, water pollution, fish and animal kills[103]
- July 24, 2015 –Trumbull County – Crude oil spill [104]
2016
- February 1, 2016 – Crooksville, Gas leak, 500 evacuated [105]
- March 9, 2016 – Near Barnsville, truck accident, waste water spill [106]
2017
- April 2, 2017 – Wayne National Forest, Earthquake [107]
- October 23, 2017 - Stark County Ohio “Wooster Man Dead in Stark County Gas Line Incident, The Daily Record, October 23, 2017
2018
- February 15, 2018 - Well pad explosion in Belmont County, Ohio [108]
2019
- January 21, 2019 - A 30 inch diameter natural gas pipeline owned by Enbridge exploded in Noble County, Ohio at approximately 10:40 a.m.. The pipeline was built in the 1950s, and last inspected in the 1980s prior to the explosion. Still under investigation, corrosion is the presumed cause.[109]
Oklahoma
Accidents
- November 17, 2009 – Elk City, Crane failure,[110]
- March 8, 2012 - Lightning caused an oil tank battery fire in southwest Oklahoma City.[111]
- April 18, 2013 - A Lightning strike caused a tank battery fire in NE Oklahoma City.[112]
- December 17, 2014 – Coal County, 2 dead, 3 injured[113][114]
- February 16, 2016 – One person was injured in an explosion, at a Pittsburg County oil field. Fire spread to 3 other wells.[115]
- January 22, 2018 - Five workers killed in a gas well explosion near Quinton, Oklahoma;[116] deaths due to burns and smoke inhalation.[117]
- May 24, 2018 - A tank battery caught fire in southwest Oklahoma City.[118]
- July 16, 2018 - Multiple fire departments responded to a tank battery fire in Pawnee County.[119]
- July 29, 2018 - A tank battery fire broke out north of Carrier.[120]
Earthquakes
- The state has posted a list, giving date, location, and magnitude of induction-well-caused earthquakes.
- February 16, 2014 – Richter 3.8[121]
- November 12, 2014 – Earthquake, see Kansas
- January 19, 2015 – Northern Oklahoma[122]
- January 13, 2016 – A fire at a hydrofracking well in Grady County, Oklahoma.[123]
Oregón
- State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015 [124] but no accidents have been uncovered.
– Major crude oil train derailment in Mosier, a small town in the Columbia gorge spilled and burst into flames June 2016. The accident was due to railway dysfunction and bad parts. As of now, groundwater contamination is found at the site impacting wildlife.
Pensilvania
- Records of violations and spills are posted on the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Web page
- February, 2011 – Avila, explosion, 3 injured[125]
- April 19, 2011 – Well blowout in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.[126]
- March 28, 2012 – An explosion at a natural gas compression station in Susquehanna County.[127]
- May 19, 2012 – Leroy Twp., Contamination from leaking gas well,[128]
- May 15, 2013 – A fire and possible explosion, at a Susquehanna County gas compressor station.[129]
- January 11, 2014 – Susquehanna County, Explosion, 1 injured[130]
- February 11, 2014 – Greene County explosion, one injured, one dead. Later, the well owner, Chevron, apologized to area residents by giving out free pizza. Chevron also blocked PA DEP personnel from the site for two days after the fire.[131][132][133]
- September 6, 2014 – Mercer County – Fire, 15 to 20 homes evacuated[134]
- December 1, 2014 – A gauge leaking methane most likely caused an explosion and fire, in a Susquehanna County natural gas compressor station.[135]
- December 13, 2016 – Fire at a natural gas compressor station, located outside the village of Wharton Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania.[136]
- December 25, 2016 – A fire broke out at a gas compressor station, in Armstrong County.[137]
- January 1, 2017 – Fire erupts at Marcellus Shale pad in Somerset Township, Washington County.[138]
- March 9, 2017 – A fire at a Susquehanna County gas compressor station.[139]
- November 30, 2017 - A gas well pad fire in Somerset County.[140]
- January 4, 2018 - Three workers hurt at a gas well in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.[141]
- January 23, 2018 - 5 workers hospitalized, after hydrofluoric acid leak at a refinery in Trainer, Pennsylvania.[142]
Dakota del Sur
- State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015.[124]
- August 18, 2018 - Several oil tanks caught fire at a Whiting Petroleum site near Watford City.[143]
Tennesse
- State had active oil and or gas wells as of April 2015 [124] but no accidents have been uncovered.
Texas
- April 11, 1965 - A gas well blew out in Parker County, causing a massive fire. Firefighter Red Adair had to be called in to control the well, which was capped on April 17.[144]
- February 2, 1975 - A ruptured pipe connection on a gas well, near Denver City, released hydrogen sulfide (H2S). 8 people were killed while trying to evacuate their nearby home. A worker checking that well about an alarm was also killed.[145]
- October, 1998 – During heavy rainfall, the roof and sides of a Koch 50,000 barrel (2,100,000 gallon) above-ground storage tank buckled, discharging approximate 24,700 gallons of crude oil into Marcelinas Creek, which is a tributary of the San Antonio River. The spill occurred 1 mile northwest of Falls City, Karnes County, Texas, and entered Marcelinas Creek at flood stage. The spill was generally contained about three miles downstream. The floodwaters transported the oil laterally well beyond the banks of the creek, coating vegetation in these areas with oil as the floodwaters receded. The three miles of creek and adjacent riparian corridor, consisting of mature hardwood trees and improved pasture, provide essential habitat to numerous species of fish, birds, mammals, and reptiles. It took 17 years for the terms of settlement to be reached with regulators.[146][147]
- January 13, 2003, a vapor cloud fire erupted at the BLSR Operating Ltd. oilfield waste disposal facility near Rosharon, south of Houston. Two BLSR employees and one truck driver were fatally burned. Four other workers suffered serious burns, but survived.[148]
- March 23, 2005 – The Texas City Refinery explosion; 15 dead, 180 injured[149]
- February 16, 2007, a propane fire erupted at the Valero McKee Refinery in Sunray, north of Amarillo. Three workers suffered serious burns, and the refinery was forced to shut down. The fire began following a leak in the propane deasphalting unit and spread quickly, in part because of the rapid collapse of a major pipe rack carrying flammable hydrocarbons. Some of the rack's support columns had not been fireproofed.[150]
- April 27, 2008 - A fire broke out at a tank battery in Ward County.[151]
- May 15, 2009 - An oil tank battery exploded, following a tank battery fire, in Lamesa.[152]
- July 19, 2009 - A fire in the alkylation unit at CITGO's Corpus Christi refinery led to a release of hydrofluoric acid (HF). The alkylation unit makes high-octane blending components for gasoline. One worker was critically burned.[153]
- July 28, 2009 - A tank battery caught fire near West Odessa.[154]
- August 28, 2012 - A tank battery caught fire, near Brownwood.[155]
- March 28, 2013 - A tank battery caught fire in Martin County.[156]
- April 5, 2013 – West, blowout, two dead, two injured[157]
- April 19, 2013 – Gas well blowout in Denton, Texas.[158]
- September 17, 2013 - Tank batteries caught fire, during a lightning storm, in east Midland.[159]
- April 30, 2014 – Loving County, explosion, 2 dead, 9 injured[160]
- August 2014 – Methane leaked into a water well in Palo Pinto County, causing an explosion that burned 3 people. Later the methane was linked to nearby fracking operations.[161][162]
- January 1, 2015 – Irving, earthquake[163]
- May 7, 2015 - An oil tank battery caught fire, north of Whitesboro.[164]
- May 19, 2015 – Fracing well blew out in Karnes County, Texas, spraying a toxic mix of chemicals, and forcing the evacuation of 20 families.[165][166]
- August 20, 2015 – Crude oil storage fire [167]
- October 24, 2015 - A lightning strike from a thunderstorm was being blamed for an estimated $200,000 in damage to a saltwater disposal unit west of Patricia.[168]
- January 26, 2016 - A tank battery caught fire in Ector County.[169]
- March 30, 2016 - An explosion & fire at a tank battery in Pecos.[170]
- October 14, 2016 - Lightning resulted in two tank battery fires in Howard County.[171]
- April 4, 2017 – Fire at an oil well site, in northern Howard County. One firefighter was injured.[172]
- August 16, 2017 - A tank battery caught fire in Greenwood.[173]
- September 25, 2017 - A tank battery caught fire after a lightning strike, about four miles south of the Canadian River, near Amarillo.[174]
- October 17, 2017 - Two oilfield workers were injured after an oil storage tank exploded at an oilfield near Dilley.[175]
- December 6, 2017 - A gas well blowout in Houston.[176]
- December 27, 2017 - A fire broke out at an oil tank, in Cherokee County.[177]
- January 3, 2018 - An oil tank fire in Madison County.[178]
- January 24, 2018 - An explosion & fire at an oil rig injures 1, in Karnes County.[179]
- Feb. 25, 2018 - A lightning strike caused an explosion & fire, at an oil storage facility in Gonzales County.[180]
- April 3, 2018 - A tank battery fire caught fire from a lightning strike, in Rusk County.[181]
- April 14, 2018 - A tank battery caught fire in Caldwell County.[182]
- April 28, 2018 - A tank battery exploded and burned, in Reeves County.
- May 2, 2018 - Lightning caused a tank battery fire in southeast Russell County.[183]
- May 22, 2018 - A tank battery was destroyed, after it was struck by lightning and ignited near Hallsville.[184]
- May 29, 2018 - Lightning caused a tank battery fire northwest of Hays.[185]
- June 8, 2018 - A tank battery fire broke out in Pecos.[186]
- June 30, 2018 - A fire was reported at a tank battery, in Glasscock County.[187]
- July 10, 2018 - A tank battery caught fire in Jones County.[188]
- July 18, 2018 - An oilfield worker was killed, and another was injured, after a tank battery caught fire off of U.S. Refinery Road near Loving.[189]
- July 23, 2018 - An oil rig caught on fire in Howard County.[190]
- August 21, 2018 - An oil tank battery in Southeast Atascosa County caught fire.[191]
- August 28, 2018 - A fire broke out at a Plains All American Pipeline crude storage tank east of Wichita Falls, Texas.[192]
Utah
- March 6, 1935 – Five miles south of St. George, 70 to over 100 local townspeople gathered to watch the shooting of an Arrowhead Petroleum Company's Escalante oil, well unaware of impending danger. The explosion occurred about 9:40 pm while six 10 foot long torpedoes, each loaded with nitroglycerin and TNT and hanging from the derrick, were being lowered into the well. All told, 2,500 pounds of nitroglycerin exploded and sent a shaft of fire into the night that was seen as far as 18 miles away. Ten people lost their lives, and more were injured.[193]
- January 14, 2005 - A pipe at the Silver Eagle Refinery in Woods Cross failed, expelling hydrogen and diesel fuel, that caused 30- to 40-foot flames.[194]
- January 12, 2009 - 2 refinery operators and 2 contractors suffered serious burns resulting from a flash fire at the Silver Eagle Refinery in Woods Cross. The accident occurred when a large flammable vapor cloud was released from an atmospheric storage tank, known as tank 105, which contained an estimated 440,000 gallons of light naphtha. The vapor cloud found an ignition source and the ensuing flash fire spread up to 230 feet west of the tank farm.[195]
- November 4, 2009, a second accident occurred at the Silver Eagle Refinery in Woods Cross, when a powerful blast wave caused by the failure of a 10-inch pipe damaged nearby homes.[195]
- June 10, 2012 – The Red Butte Creek oil spill in Salt Lake City caused significant pollution.
- November 21, 2012 - Two men who suffered burns when a natural gas compressor station exploded in Dry Canyon.[196]
- January 22, 2013 – A natural gas well fire, in Roosevelt, Utah forces evacuations.[197]
- January 19, 2018 - A double tanker vehicle hauling gasoline exploded & burned on I-15 in Midvale UT.[198]
- July 28, 2018 - Two men were "badly burned" and suffered "significant injuries", as a result of an explosion at a natural gas collection facility near Cisco, Utah.[199]
Virginia
- April 9, 2014 – Lynchburg, Train derailment, explosion, fire, 300 people evacuated, oil spill[200]
Washington
- April 2, 2010 - An explosion and fire led to the fatal injury of seven employees when a nearly forty-year-old heat exchanger catastrophically failed during a maintenance operation to switch a process stream between two parallel banks of exchangers at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes.[201]
- March 31, 2014 - A large explosion rocked a natural gas processing plant on the Washington-Oregon border, injuring five workers, causing about 400 people to evacuate from nearby farms and homes, and emitting a mushroom cloud of black smoke that was visible for more than a mile. The blast at the Williams Northwest Pipeline facility near the Washington town of Plymouth, along the Columbia River, sparked a fire and punctured one of the facility's two giant storage tanks for liquefied natural gas.[202]
Virginia del Oeste
- List of spills is posted on West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection database. Company name is needed to search database.
- June 7, 2010 through January 26, 2015 – Ohio River Valley, Numerous accidents, 2 dead, 7 injured, about 1000 evacuated[125]
- September 9, 2010 – Explosion and a fire that burned for 9 days, in Wetzel County.
- February 5, 2012 – Taylor County, Explosion, One dead[203]
- April 11, 2013 – 2 workers died from injuries sustained in an explosion at a natural gas operation, in Tyler County
- July 7, 2013 – Dodridge County, Well fire, Five injured,[204]
- February 16, 2015 – Mount Carbon – derailment, one injured, 85 evacuated [205]
- May 25, 2018 - A storage tank exploded at a well site, killing one, and injuring 3 others, in Doddridge County.[206]
- June 7, 2018 - Seven people were injured in an explosion, at a two-day-old gas well that had recently started drilling to the deep Marcellus shale formation, in Moundsville.[207]
- December 8, 2020 - An explosion occurred at a Chemours plant in Belle, West Virginia. A plant worker was tragically killed and 3 other people were injured.[208]
Wisconsin
- July 29, 2012 – Pipeline oil spill, one evacuation[209]
Wyoming
- August 2006 – A fracking well blowout near Clark forced many in 25 nearby homes to evacuate.[210]
- December 6, 2011 – An explosion at a Falcon natural gas compressor station, south of Pinedale.[211]
- September 24, 2012 – Well blowout[212]
- December 25, 2013 – An explosion, and flash fire, at a Legacy Resources Natural Gas Compressor Station, injured one man, near Riverton.[213]
- April 23, 2014 - There was an explosion followed by a fire, at the Williams Gas Plant near Opal, Wyo. The entire town of Opal was evacuated after 4 p.m., according to the natural gas company Williams.[214]
- September 23, 2014 - 4 men had severe burns from an explosion at a gas plant pumping station, near Opal, Wyoming. One man died later on.[215][216]
- March 16, 2018 - Several oil storage tanks were involved in a fire, in southern Campbell County.[217]
- Threats and the safety standards of american oil & gas industry[citation needed]
enlaces externos
- Bloomberg Businessweek: Twenty-Five Years of Oil Spills
- The US Chemical Safety Board: CSB Home Page
- Earthjustice: Fracking Across The United States
- Fractracker Alliance: Well Worker Safety and Statistics
- Fraccidents Maps of accidents
- National Response Center (oil spill registry)
- Induction-Well-Induced Earthquakes (USGS)
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