Sinopec operations at Qingdao refinery disrupted by fatal pipeline blast
The 10 million metric tpy facility will have “some disruptions,” Lv Dapeng of Sinopec said, without giving further details. The explosion occurred after oil leaked from the pipeline into Qingdao’s municipal rainwater network. The Xinhua News Agency said 136 people are injured and 11 are missing.
Sinopec said operations at its “super-large” production complex in Qingdao will be disrupted after a crude pipeline leak and blast that killed at least 52 people.
The 10 million metric tpy facility will have “some disruptions,” Lv Dapeng of Sinopec said in a phone interview, without giving further details. The explosion occurred after oil leaked from the pipeline into Qingdao’s municipal rainwater network. Xinhua News Agency said 136 people are injured and 11 are missing.
The incident is the latest in a string of fatal industrial accidents as China seeks to improve workplace safety. In June, a fire at a poultry plant in the northeastern province of Jilin killed 120 people in the nation’s deadliest blaze in 13 years. Chinese President Xi Jinping visited relatives of people killed and injured in the Qingdao blast, China National Radio reported.
Sinopec will cooperate with the government on a probe into the accident, the company said in a statement.
“At this stage, the company’s main task is to avoid further accidents by checking if there’s more gas combustible within the rescue zone,” Lv said, adding that the spillage of oil is under control. The company is still investigating the cause of the leak, he said.
Sinopec’s refining and petrochemical site at Qingdao in Shandong province produces more than 7 million tpy of gasoline,kerosene and diesel, according to the company’s website. Refined products are sold in the north, northeast and southeastern coastal regions of China, as well as being exported.
‘Learn lessons’
The country will improve work safety and “learn lessons” from the blast, China Central Television reported Xi as saying. The accident investigation should be fast-tracked and responsibility established, Xi said.
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