Gas leak at Ineos petrochemical site in Grangemouth contained

03-May-17

Emergency services say the gas leak at the Ineos petrochemical site in Grangemouth has been contained. The major incident was reported at 12.15 pm today following a gas leak inside the refinery’s Kinneil Gas manufacturing plant which forced staff to be evacuated and a number of surrounding roads to be closed off to vehicles and pedestrians, as per falkirkherald.co.uk.
Ineos issued a statement saying: “Ineos can confirm that at there was an incident at our KG (Kinneil Gas) plant today. “Staff were evacuated from the immediate area and, our well-practised emergency procedures were implemented, with the incident management team being mobilised. The incident was caused by a leak on a pipe carrying ethylene gas which has been identified and is being isolated. Measures were put in place to contain the leak in the immediate vicinity of the affected plant and as an ongoing precaution road closures remain in place. All of the people working in the area have been accounted for and there were no injuries. Other areas within the Grangemouth complex, including the adjacent refinery were unaffected by the incident. A full investigation into the cause of the incident is underway. The regulators have been kept fully informed throughout.”