Development of Emergency Response Centre

Mr H C Mehta,

Executive Director ‐ Operations & Distribution, HPCL, India

Noida,

18th November 2014 1

Plan of Presentation

Accidents in Hazardous & Oil Industry2

Business Case3

Concept, Capabilities & Facilities at ERC4

Oil Industry Overview1

Challenges in Indian Scenario6

Recommendations72

Setting up an ERC5

Oil Industry Overview

More than 700 refineries across the

Globe

Highest number of refineries- 189 in Asia

& Pacific Globally spread Terminals distributing more than 89

million Barrels/day

Wide network, spread across the world carrying Hazardous product3

Accidents in Hazardous Industry

Asia & Australia, 72

North America, 114

Europe, 38

South America, 9

Africa, 9

Refinery, 116

Terminal/Storage, 64

Chemical Plants, 31

Oil Fields, 6

Misc, 25

Continents where Tank accidents occurred

Total 242 accidents in 40 yrs

Source: Journal on loss Prevention in Process Industries 19 (2006) 51-59

Type of Installation for Tank accidents

26% accidents occurred in Terminal/Storage

Terminal/Storage locations stand second in vulnerability to Accidents4

Accidents in Oil Industry

Crude Oil, Gasoline/Naptha62%

Oil Products30%

LPG8%

Cone roof22%

External Floating roof56%

Internal floating roof7%

Wooden top2%

Sphere13%

Type of Tank Content- Hydrocarbons Type of Tanks

Source: Journal on loss Prevention in Process Industries 19 (2006) 51-59

62% of Tank accidents occurred in Class A storage Tanks5

Need of the hour…

Accidents do occur

A large number of accidents

occur in Hydrocarbon

Industry

Emergency Response System is needed

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Concept of ERC

Specialised resources, self-sufficient to respond and manage

fire emergencies which may occur beyond the capability of

equipment/systems provided on-site.7

ERC- Capabilities

Handling major

Emergencies

Large Full

surface Tank fires

Multiple Tank fires

Large Bund Area firesMajor

Oil Spills

Major Gas leakages

Major Fire at

LPG Bottling

plant

Capability to fight Hydrocarbon Emergency, any type any time any place8

Facilities at ERC

Central Emergency Response

Team

Crisis Management

Centre

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Facilities at ERC Contd…

Areal Foam Towers

Mobile Foam cum water Monitors

Mobile water pumps

Foam pumps

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Maintenance & Inspection

of FF Equipments

Facilities at ERC Contd…

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Fire Training Academy

Setting up an ERC

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Minimum Land area of 1 acre

Land

1) FF team

2) Crisis mgmt. team

3) Maintenance of High Capacity FF equipment

Facilities

1) Water pump

2) Water transport equipment for replenishment

Water

Equipment transport Vehicle

Transport

Approx cost per ERC -Rs 60 Cr covering installations with Tank

size ranging from 25 to 80 m dia

Challenges in Indian Scenario

Road Conditions

Technical Expertize

In transit duties & taxes

Traffic congestion

High Capacity FF Equipments

Continuous supply of water

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Recommendations

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Locations with more than 30,000 KL of Tankage1

Develop

In Plant ERC

Recommendations

In plant ERC for installations with more than 30,000KL Tankage

Hire Experts & redesign FF

facilities

Develop/ Implement Tactical Fire

Plan for each Facility within

Installation

‘Extinguishment’ should be the

key rather than ‘Cooling’

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Recommendations

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Locations with less than 30,000 KL of Tankage2

Strengthen MARG as

Offsite ERC for nearby

locations

Recommendations

Strengthening of MARG as Off site ERC for locations with less than 30,000 KL Tankage

Setup ERCs at strategic locs

taking cognizance of Traffic & Road

conditions

MoUs with Water

authorities for consistent supply during Emergencies

Conduct Live Fire Training

through External Agencies

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THANK YOU18