August 2023
Special Focus—Plant Safety and Environment
The roles of operations teams in handling emergency incidents in oil refineries and petrochemical plants
A fire incident in an oil refinery or petrochemical plant can be a very frightening event—the vast flames, the noises, the smells, and the feeling that at any moment, everything might explode.
The Author
Nimrod, Y. - Yaron Nimrod Engineering Consulting, Gilon, Israel
Yaron Nimrod is a chemical engineer with more than 40 yr of experience in the oil refining and petrochemical industries. He has worked for the BAZAN Group of Haifa, Israel, as an Operations Manager, Projects Manager and VP for Technology and Projects. Nimrod is now teaching as part of the faculty of chemical engineering at the Technion in Haifa. He earned a BSc degree in chemical engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and an MBA from the University of Haifa.
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