[HN Gopher] Who Blew Up Mare Island?
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       Who Blew Up Mare Island?
        
       Author : turtlegrids
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2022-07-10 16:52 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | howmayiannoyyou wrote:
       | I will take what feels like bait and ask, who is setting fire to
       | US energy and food facilities (if anyone). I acknowledge it could
       | just be coincidence. On the energy side, here's a list I saw
       | recently:
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       | July 9, 2022- ONEOK natural gas plant explosion (Medford, OK)
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       | July 7, 2022- Energy Transfer pipeline explosion (Wallis, TX)
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       | Jun. 27, 2022- Petro Star refinery explosion, (VALDEZ, AK)
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       | Jun. 8, 2022- LNG natural gas plant explosion (Freeport, TX)
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       | Apr. 24, 2022- Valero refinery explosion (Meraux, LA)
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       | Apr. 14, 2022- Haven Midstream gas plant explosion (Haven, KS)
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       | Mar. 27, 2022- ExxonMobil oil refinery explosion (Billings, MO)
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       | Feb. 21, 2022- Marathon Petroleum refinery explosion (GARYVILLE,
       | LA)
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       | Dec. 23, 2021- ExxonMobil plant explosion (Baytown, TX)
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       | June 23, 2021- Calpine Natural Gas Generation Plant explosion
       | (Corpus Christi, TX)
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       | July 22, 2021- Northern Natural Gas explosion (Ellsworth County,
       | KS)
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       | Feb. 18, 2021- Natural Gas pipeline explosion (Ames, OK)
        
         | jeffbee wrote:
        
         | ciguy wrote:
         | This is pretty meaningless without comparing rates of
         | fires/explosions from prior years. And even if it's higher than
         | before it could easily be attributed to newer or less
         | experienced staff or understaffing due to covid etc...
        
           | WJW wrote:
           | I agree, 11 mishaps per year does not seem all that much
           | compared to the total size of the oil&gas industry in the
           | USA.
        
             | ruined wrote:
             | for reference, a quick duck duck going shows there are
             | currently about 130 refineries, 210 pipelines, and
             | countless wells and storage and transport facilities all
             | over the country. i could not confirm a cause for any of
             | the incidents posted by OP but it seems totally reasonable
             | that there could be a dozen or so accidents within the
             | first half of this year. it is unlikely that we have
             | entered the cool zone unnoticed
        
         | bsder wrote:
         | Were there any of these in California, too?
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         | Otherwise, I'd attribute it to lax oversight. All of those
         | states are pretty lax towards their petroleum industry
         | oversight.
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         | Texas, in particular, has a history of spectacular explosions
         | (not just in petroleum) because of regulatory failures.
        
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