William Partners LP has identified the origin of a blast on June 13 that killed two workers at its Geismar, La., olefins plant. The explosion originated in the area of the propylene fractionators, as per OGJ Online. In a June 24 report of its initial damage assessment, the company said workers are on site to begin planning repair and continuation of work planned before the tragedy, including a maintenance turnaround and a 600 mln lb/year capacity expansion. Existing capacity is 1.35 mln lb/year of ethylene. As per the company, piping, heat exchangers, and reboilers adjacent to the propylene fractionator were seriously damaged and probably will need to be replaced. It said sections of the electrical cable trays in elevated parts of a pipe rack adjacent to the propylene fractionator tower received enough damage to require replacement of “significant amounts” of the power cable and control wiring in the plant.
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