The Ashland tank collapse
Journal Article
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· Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6944770
The estimated 3.9-million-gallon diesel oil spill from a collapsed storage tank at the Floreffe, Pa., terminal of Ashland Oil Co. has received a lot of attention, and for good reason. On Jan. 2, 1988 a 40-year-old, 48-ft-high, 120-ft-in diameter, reassembled tank suddenly ruptured and emptied its contents in a massive inland-water way fuel spill. An EPA-estimated 750,000 gallons washed over the 10-foot-high dike (with a holding capacity 110 percent that of the tank) into a drainage system on adjacent property to storm sewers that eventually empty into the Monongahela River, which runs into the Ohio River. More than 180,000 gal were recovered by cleanup, while 2.5 to 3.1 MMgal were contained by the tank farm's dike system.
- Research Organization:
- Independent Liquid Terminals Assn., Washington, DC (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 6944770
- Journal Information:
- Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States), Journal Name: Hydrocarbon Process.; (United States) Vol. 67:5; ISSN HYPRA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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02 PETROLEUM
020900* -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
022000 -- Petroleum-- Transport
Handling
& Storage
520200 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACCIDENTS
CONTAINERS
CONTROL
DIESEL FUELS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
EMBANKMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
FAILURES
MASS TRANSFER
MONITORING
OHIO RIVER
OIL SPILLS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
RECOVERY
RIVERS
RUPTURES
STORAGE
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
TANKS
TERMINAL FACILITIES
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
020900* -- Petroleum-- Environmental Aspects
022000 -- Petroleum-- Transport
Handling
& Storage
520200 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACCIDENTS
CONTAINERS
CONTROL
DIESEL FUELS
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
EMBANKMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EQUIPMENT
FAILURES
MASS TRANSFER
MONITORING
OHIO RIVER
OIL SPILLS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
RECOVERY
RIVERS
RUPTURES
STORAGE
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
TANKS
TERMINAL FACILITIES
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL