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Development of Emergency Response Centre
Mr H C Mehta,
Executive Director ‐ Operations & Distribution, HPCL, India
Noida,
18th November 2014 1
Plan of Presentation
Accidents in Hazardous & Oil Industry2
Business Case3
Concept, Capabilities & Facilities at ERC4
Oil Industry Overview1
Challenges in Indian Scenario6
Recommendations72
Setting up an ERC5
Oil Industry Overview
More than 700 refineries across the
Globe
Highest number of refineries- 189 in Asia
& Pacific Globally spread Terminals distributing more than 89
million Barrels/day
Wide network, spread across the world carrying Hazardous product3
Accidents in Hazardous Industry
Asia & Australia, 72
North America, 114
Europe, 38
South America, 9
Africa, 9
Refinery, 116
Terminal/Storage, 64
Chemical Plants, 31
Oil Fields, 6
Misc, 25
Continents where Tank accidents occurred
Total 242 accidents in 40 yrs
Source: Journal on loss Prevention in Process Industries 19 (2006) 51-59
Type of Installation for Tank accidents
26% accidents occurred in Terminal/Storage
Terminal/Storage locations stand second in vulnerability to Accidents4
Accidents in Oil Industry
Crude Oil, Gasoline/Naptha62%
Oil Products30%
LPG8%
Cone roof22%
External Floating roof56%
Internal floating roof7%
Wooden top2%
Sphere13%
Type of Tank Content- Hydrocarbons Type of Tanks
Source: Journal on loss Prevention in Process Industries 19 (2006) 51-59
62% of Tank accidents occurred in Class A storage Tanks5
Need of the hour…
Accidents do occur
A large number of accidents
occur in Hydrocarbon
Industry
Emergency Response System is needed
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Concept of ERC
Specialised resources, self-sufficient to respond and manage
fire emergencies which may occur beyond the capability of
equipment/systems provided on-site.7
ERC- Capabilities
Handling major
Emergencies
Large Full
surface Tank fires
Multiple Tank fires
Large Bund Area firesMajor
Oil Spills
Major Gas leakages
Major Fire at
LPG Bottling
plant
Capability to fight Hydrocarbon Emergency, any type any time any place8
Facilities at ERC Contd…
Areal Foam Towers
Mobile Foam cum water Monitors
Mobile water pumps
Foam pumps
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Maintenance & Inspection
of FF Equipments
Setting up an ERC
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Minimum Land area of 1 acre
Land
1) FF team
2) Crisis mgmt. team
3) Maintenance of High Capacity FF equipment
Facilities
1) Water pump
2) Water transport equipment for replenishment
Water
Equipment transport Vehicle
Transport
Approx cost per ERC -Rs 60 Cr covering installations with Tank
size ranging from 25 to 80 m dia
Challenges in Indian Scenario
Road Conditions
Technical Expertize
In transit duties & taxes
Traffic congestion
High Capacity FF Equipments
Continuous supply of water
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Recommendations
In plant ERC for installations with more than 30,000KL Tankage
Hire Experts & redesign FF
facilities
Develop/ Implement Tactical Fire
Plan for each Facility within
Installation
‘Extinguishment’ should be the
key rather than ‘Cooling’
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Recommendations
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Locations with less than 30,000 KL of Tankage2
Strengthen MARG as
Offsite ERC for nearby
locations
Recommendations
Strengthening of MARG as Off site ERC for locations with less than 30,000 KL Tankage
Setup ERCs at strategic locs
taking cognizance of Traffic & Road
conditions
MoUs with Water
authorities for consistent supply during Emergencies
Conduct Live Fire Training
through External Agencies
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