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31 Days of Fire, Zero Lives Lost
Campos Basin, Brazil. A well conversion triggered a blowout the platform's own safety barrier could not stop.

Kevin D Westwood
Sep 280 min read
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A Billion-Dollar Fire With Zero Injuries
Ruwais, UAE, A maintenance-related release ignited on a newly commissioned unit. Nobody was hurt. It is still the 3rd largest loss in the report's 51-year history.

Kevin D Westwood
Sep 100 min read
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The Explosion That Rewrote Process Safety
Pasadena, Texas. The disaster that led directly to OSHA's Process Safety Management rule.

Kevin D Westwood
Aug 240 min read
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Piper Alpha
The Largest Loss in Energy Industry History. A gas condensate release and explosion destroyed Piper Alpha platform in the North Sea July 6 1988.

Kevin D Westwood
Aug 200 min read
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