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BASELL Polyolefine GmbH Purchases Two HYTRANS HS150 Units
15 Jul 2009
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On Saturday 10th December 2005, on the eve of the tank farm fire at Buncefield, UK, a hexane leak at Basell's site within the Münchmünster industrial park, 70km North of Munich, Germany, resulted in an explosion and the shutdown of its 120,000 ton-per-year high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant.
One fireman was killed and three workers were injured in the blast. The HDPE plant at the site was damaged beyond repair.
To assist the fire fighting efforts, one of HYTRANS first clients in Germany, InfraServ Gendorf, deployed their own HydroSub150, delivered 10 years earlier. For several days, the unit pumped water for fire fighting and cooling.
After having seen the capability, reliability and ease-of-use of the HYTRANS system, Basell recently decided to purchase 2 HYTRANS units: two HS150-CC6500-HRU200 sets, each with 1,300 metres of 8 inch hose.
The units are to be operated by the fire fighters of ThyssenKrupp Xervon group and to protect the new 320,000 ton-per-year HDPE plant whose start-up was due second quarter 2009.
Other petro-chemical companies owning HYTRANS units for mobile water supply include: SHELL, NAM, BP, BASF, ESSO, Gaz de France, PEMEX and Idemitsu.