Petrochemicals & Refining

The most demanding fire engineering environment we work in, and our largest area of practice.

Characteristic hazards

  • Process fires at elevated temperature and pressure
  • Tank fires, rim seal fires and full surface fires
  • Loss of containment at loading and unloading
  • Reactive and unstable intermediates
  • Firewater runoff and environmental consequence

Assets we work on

  • Process units — cracking, reforming, hydroprocessing, polymerisation
  • Tank farms and intermediate storage
  • Loading racks and jetty transfer systems
  • Utilities and offsites
  • Control buildings and substations within the plant

What we deliver here

  • Fire safety concept for the complex as a whole, not unit by unit
  • Foam system design and transition to fluorine-free concentrates
  • Fire water network hydraulics and storage sizing
  • Thermal radiation and blast assessment for occupied buildings
  • Containment strategy for contaminated firewater

Working on a facility of this type?

Send the process description and the plot plan. The first conversation is technical.

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