LNG
plant evacuated again
By
Louis
B Homer
South Bureau
Trinidad Express
Port Spain
Petroleumworldtt.com.
06 11 06
Employees of the Atlantic LNG plant at Point Fortin
were evacuated yesterday for the second time in
three days when a report of an explosion was made
to the Control Room.
On
investigation it turned out that an employee of
Damus was injured when a plug released under pressure
struck him.
The
incident occurred around 10.12 a.m. while the employee
was working on a temporary eight isolation plug
filled with inert gas.
Last
Friday the plant was shut down for about six hours
when a natural gas leak was discovered.
The
company had reported that the leak was discovered
on a two-inch pipeline at Train 2 facility but no
one was injured.
In
yesterday's incident the injured employee was taken
to Atlantic's first aid station for treatment and
to the Point Fortin Area hospital.
The
company said in a statement that the employee was
later taken to Gulf View Medical Complex, La Romaine,
that the noise heard by employees yesterday was
"that of the plug being released and not an
explosion."
It
said that according to safety procedures when the
Control Room activates the siren all personnel must
evacuate the plant.
Trinidad
Express
Monday,
May 22nd 2006
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