47 relations: Alloy steel, American Petroleum Institute, Amoco, Birch Bay, Washington, Blowdown stack, Blue-collar worker, Boiling point, BP, Carbon steel, Cherry Point Refinery, Condenser (heat transfer), Deepwater Horizon, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Diesel engine runaway, Ed Bradley, Hexane, History (U.S. TV network), Houston Chronicle, Hydrocarbon, Hydrogen, Hydrogen damage, Institution of Chemical Engineers, Isomerization, James Baker, Lee H. Rosenthal, Marathon Petroleum, Modern Marvels, National Geographic (U.S. TV channel), Nitrogen, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Octane rating, Oil refinery, Pennzoil, Pentane, Pressure, Raffinate, Relief valve, Seconds From Disaster, Sight glass, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, Texas City, Texas, The New York Times, Toledo, Ohio, Turnaround (refining), U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, White-collar worker, 60 Minutes.
Alloy steel
Alloy steel is steel that is alloyed with a variety of elements in total amounts between 1.0% and 50% by weight to improve its mechanical properties.
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American Petroleum Institute
The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the largest U.S. trade association for the oil and natural gas industry.
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Amoco
Amoco Corporation, originally Standard Oil Company (Indiana), is a global chemical and oil company that was founded in 1889 around a refinery located in Whiting, Indiana, United States.
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Birch Bay, Washington
Birch Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.
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Blowdown stack
A blowdown stack is a chimney or vertical stack that is used to vent the pressure of components of a chemical, refinery or other process if there is a process problem or emergency.
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Blue-collar worker
In the United States and (at least some) other English-speaking countries, a blue-collar worker is a working class person who performs manual labor.
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Boiling point
The boiling point of a substance is the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the pressure surrounding the liquid and the liquid changes into a vapor.
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BP
BP plc (stylised as bp), formerly British Petroleum, is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England.
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Carbon steel
Carbon steel is a steel with carbon content up to 2.1% by weight.
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Cherry Point Refinery
The Cherry Point Refinery, owned by BP, is the largest oil refinery in Washington (and was the 30th largest in the U.S. in 2015).
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Condenser (heat transfer)
In systems involving heat transfer, a condenser is a device or unit used to condense a substance from its gaseous to its liquid state, by cooling it.
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Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore drilling rig owned by Transocean.
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Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill (also referred to as the BP oil spill/leak, the BP oil disaster, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the Macondo blowout) is an industrial disaster that began on 20 April 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect, considered to be the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and estimated to be 8% to 31% larger in volume than the previous largest, the Ixtoc I oil spill.
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Diesel engine runaway
Diesel engine runaway is a rare condition affecting diesel engines, in which the engine draws extra fuel from an unintended source and overspeeds at higher and higher RPM and producing up to 10 times the engine's rated output until destroyed by mechanical failure or bearing seizure through lack of lubrication.
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Ed Bradley
Edward Rudolph "Ed" Bradley, Jr. (June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American journalist, best known for 26 years of award-winning work on the CBS News television program 60 Minutes.
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Hexane
Hexane is an alkane of six carbon atoms, with the chemical formula C6H14.
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History (U.S. TV network)
History (originally The History Channel from 1995 to 2008) is a history-based digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between the Hearst Communications and the Disney–ABC Television Group division of the Walt Disney Company.
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Houston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.
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Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1.
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Hydrogen damage
Hydrogen damage is the generic name given to a large number of metal degradation processes due to interaction with hydrogen.
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Institution of Chemical Engineers
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) is a global professional engineering institution with over 40,000 members in over 120 countries worldwide.
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Isomerization
In chemistry isomerization (also isomerisation) is the process by which one molecule is transformed into another molecule which has exactly the same atoms, but the atoms have a different arrangement e.g. A-B-C → B-A-C (these related molecules are known as isomers). In some molecules and under some conditions, isomerization occurs spontaneously.
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James Baker
James Addison Baker III (born April 28, 1930) is an American attorney and political figure.
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Lee H. Rosenthal
Lee Hyman Rosenthal (born 1952 in Richmond, Indiana) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
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Marathon Petroleum
Marathon Petroleum Corporation is an American petroleum refining, marketing, and transportation company headquartered in Findlay, Ohio.
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Modern Marvels
Modern Marvels is an American worldwide television series on the History Channel.
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National Geographic (U.S. TV channel)
National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel and also commercially abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by National Geographic Partners, majority-owned by 21st Century Fox with the remainder owned by the National Geographic Society.
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Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7.
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is an agency of the United States Department of Labor.
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Octane rating
An octane rating, or octane number, is a standard measure of the performance of an engine or aviation fuel.
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Oil refinery
Oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is transformed and refined into more useful products such as petroleum naphtha, gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, jet fuel and fuel oils.
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Pennzoil
Pennzoil is an American oil company founded in Los Angeles, California in 1913.
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Pentane
Pentane is an organic compound with the formula C5H12—that is, an alkane with five carbon atoms.
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Pressure
Pressure (symbol: p or P) is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed.
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Raffinate
In chemical separation terminology, the raffinate (from French raffiner, to refine) is a product which has had a component or components removed.
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Relief valve
A relief valve or pressure relief valve (PRV) is a type of safety valve used to control or limit the pressure in a system; pressure might otherwise build up and create a process upset, instrument or equipment failure, or fire.
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Seconds From Disaster
Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters of the 20th century.
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Sight glass
A sight glass or water gauge is a type of level sensor, a transparent tube through which the operator of a tank or boiler can observe the level of liquid contained within.
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Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES, pronounced “tease”) is an engineering research agency within The Texas A&M University System and is governed by the Board of Regents.
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Texas City, Texas
Texas City is a city in Galveston County in the U.S. state of Texas.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States.
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Turnaround (refining)
A turnaround (commonly abbreviated TAR) is a scheduled event wherein an entire process unit of an industrial plant (refinery, petrochemical plant, power plant, pulp and paper mill, etc.) is taken offstream for an extended period for revamp and/or renewal.
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U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, generally referred to as the Chemical Safety Board or CSB, is an independent U.S. federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents.
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White-collar worker
In many countries (such as Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States), a white-collar worker is a person who performs professional, managerial, or administrative work.
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60 Minutes
60 Minutes is an American newsmagazine television program broadcast on the CBS television network.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Refinery_explosion