Lessons from Silver Eagle: Metallurgical Failure, Inspection Oversight, and the Critical Role of Integrity Planning On 4 November 2009, a catastrophic explosion rocked the Silver Eagle Refinery in Woods Cross, Utah. The source: a sudden and violent rupture of a 10-inch carbon steel discharge line from the South Reactor (R30101) within the Mobil Distillate Dewaxing Unit (MDDW), releasing a large …
Credit: CSB On April 3, 2017, a catastrophic failure occurred at the Loy-Lange Box Company in St. Louis. A pressure vessel—the Semi-Closed Receiver (SCR), which stores hot condensate at 100 psig—violently ruptured. Propelled like a missile, it tore through the facility, launched through the roof at 120 mph, and crashed into a neighbouring building 520 feet away, killing four people …
FITNESS FOR SERVICE ASSESSMENTS (FFSAs) UNDERSTANDING THE FOLIAS FACTOR We like to keep things simple on our FFS training courses at Wilkinson Coutts. In FFS codes, the term shells describes pipes, vessels, and tanks collectively. The FOLIAS factor (M) is a critical component in assessing these shells. So, what is it? It’s just a stress concentration factor to acknowledge …