[Haichuan Chemical Accident Updates] Fire breaks out at BA-106, the No. 1 ethylene cracker in Yangzi Petrochemical’s olefins plant
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At 13:00 on December 7, 2022, the BA-106 ethylene cracker in Unit 1 of the Yangzi Petrochemical Olefins Plant in Nanjing caught fire. The command center immediately mobilized the relevant fire and rescue forces to go to the scene to handle the situation. At 13:35, the open flames at the scene were extinguished, with no injuries reported. It is reported that the No. 1 ethylene plant has currently stopped operating. Monitoring at four locations in the upwind and downwind areas around the site revealed no abnormalities (the black smoke generated in the early stages of the accident had a brief impact on the area surrounding the plant).
Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as Yangzi Petrochemical) and Sinopec Group Asset Management Co., Ltd.’s Yangzi Petrochemical Branch (abbreviated as Asset Company Yangzi Branch) are collectively referred to as Yangzi Petrochemical. It covers an area of 12.43 square kilometers and is located in the northern suburbs of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province; it faces the Yangtze River to the south and is adjacent to the Beijing-Shanghai Railway to the north, being integrated with the **-level Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park. At present, the company operates 58 large-scale petrochemical units with capacities of 12.5 million tons per year for refining, 800,000 tons per year for ethylene production, and 1.4 million tons per year for aromatic compounds production. It is able to manufacture more than 50 products across 5 categories, including synthetic resins, raw materials for synthetic fibers, basic organic chemical raw materials, refined petroleum products, and synthetic rubber. The company is one of the major producers of pure benzene, p-xylene, o-xylene, purified terephthalic acid (PTA), ethylene glycol, butadiene, and ethylene oxide in China.
This seems to be an old ethylene plant
For petrochemical or other chemical plants, it is essential to maintain the integrity of equipment and facilities in order to prevent safety risks associated with leaks.
It has been in use for 35 years (probably older than many users on the forum), so it can be considered old equipment.