The Safety Case
Past Events & What we can learn from them
What is a Safety Case?
These are real incident analyses published to aide companies identify what incidents could occur on their sites & how they can prevent and learn from these past events
Liquid Hammer Incident — Hasdrubal Terminal, Tunisia, 2010
Start-Up Should Have Been Routine. It Was Not. What happened? In 2010, BG Tunisia’s Hasdrubal Terminal experienced a Category 1 process safety incident during a
September 1, 2026
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Valero Meraux Refinery Explosion — 2020
The Valve They Tried to Fix Made It Worse What happened? At the Valero Meraux refinery, an emergency pressure relief valve on a hydrocracker unit
August 1, 2026
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Grangemouth Refinery Explosion — 21 March 1987
The Hazard Nobody Identified What happened? On 21 March 1987, a hydrocracker unit at the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland was being recommissioned following a routine
July 1, 2026
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