Re: Brandserie in US-Raffinerien -- die haben ja auch reichlich davon ;)

verfasst von JoBar, 15.04.2004, 13:08

-->March 26, 2004
Refineries taking appropriate safety measures
Monica Perin

Houston-area and Gulf Coast oil refineries and pipelines have heightened their security this week in response to an FBI warning that al-Qaida may be planning terrorist activities here in a bid to influence the presidential election.


Plant officials in the Houston region, home to four of the nation's 10 largest refining facilities, said Thursday they are taking appropriate measures in response to the FBI advisory that oil refineries in Texas may be targeted for terrorist attacks, the Associated Press reported.

Government officials are meeting with industry representatives in Washington today to discuss tighter security precautions

"The FBI has received uncorroborated information that al-Qaida plans to blow up oil pipelines and refineries in Texas in an effort to affect the outcome of the presidential election," Rick Hagar, a spokesman for the East Harris County Manufacturers Association, a group that represents 125 area petrochemical facilities near the Houston Ship Channel, told the AP.

Bob Doguim, an FBI Houston office spokesman, told The Baytown Sun that the alleged threat came from a single source and it could take place sometime between now and the election.

Doguim said the agency's Houston office has been meeting with local law enforcement agencies and oil refineries.

But Bill Carter, FBI spokesman in Washington, emphasized that the information on Texas is in the same category as an estimated 7,000 alerts sent from the FBI to state and local authorities in the past year, according to AP.

"We are giving out information that there is a potential threat to oil and gas and pipelines," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez, chief of the Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council.

At ExxonMobil Corp.'s Baytown operations, the company is prepared to face any potential security threats, Tricia Thompson, public affairs manager, told AP.

aus http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2004/03/22/daily44.html

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BP explosion puts city on edge
By Michael Clements and T.J. Aulds
Texas City Sun
Published March 31, 2004

TEXAS CITY A furnace at the BP Refinery in Texas City burst into flames Tuesday night. No injuries or deaths were reported in the blaze that lit up the Gulf Coast sky.

Bruce Clawson, the city emergency management director, said the furnace exploded around 6:30 p.m. He said the fire was fueled by Naptha, a petroleum feed stock used at the refinery. He said that after two head counts, BP had accounted for all its personnel.

The city was placed under Level 4 alert and a shelter in place warning and roads leading to the plant were blocked. The shelter in place warning and roadblocks were lifted by 9 p.m.
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Und dann gibt es noch das Zensor-... äh"Nationale Sicherheit"-Problem:

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Of course, there's no necessity for there to be a connection, it could very well be a coincidence, but the timing seems suspicious.

The problem is, if the FBI or Homeland Security was to find out that the explosion was a terrorist attack,would the Bush administration allow them to tell the public? All in all, wouldn't it be best for Bush to keep our fear of attack very high, while suppressing reports of any actual attacks whenever possible, because a successful attack would look very bad for their efforts at preventing terrorism, while continuing fear of attack encourages people not to make any change in the government.

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Die Statistiken über Zwischenfälle/Brände in petrochemical plants gibt es für Geld in Buchform.
Gibt es hier niemand mit einem Freund bei der Münchner Rück oder Swiss Re?
Das gäbe schnellere und vor allem verlässlichere Zahlen [img][/img]


Grüße


J.

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