MOSCOW (MRC) -- An explosion and fire ripped through the Russian Ufaorgsintez oil refinery, controlled by Rosneft, on Monday, reported Interfax.
Two containers with a methane-hydrogen fraction caught fire, which was preceded by an explosion. The fire was ranked the fourth level. As a result of the fire, one person was killed, another victim was taken to hospital.
The fire was contained and there was no danger of the blaze spreading further.
"On January 25, at 19.20, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in the Republic of Bashkortostan received a message about the burning of two tanks in an open area on the territory of the PJSC Ufaorgsintez plant. At 2:22, there was an elimination of open burning, a complete elimination of the fire occurred at 6:33. 127 people and 44 pieces of equipment were involved in the elimination of the consequences of the accident, including 90 personnel and 29 pieces of equipment from the Russian Emergencies Ministry." - reported the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Bashkiria..
As MRC informed previously, Ufaorgsintez (UOS, Bashneft’s petrochemical asset) has resumed its polypropylene (PP) production after a shutdown for maintenance. The plant's customers said Ufaorgsintez had resumed its PP output since 13 October, 2020, after the shutdown for a scheduled turnaround. The outage was quite long and started on 12 September, 2020. Ufaorgsintez's overall PP production capacities are 120,000 tonnes/year.
According to MRC's DataScope report, PP imports into Russia increased by 21% year on year to about 202,000 tonnes in the first eleven months of 2020. Propylene homopolymer (homopolymer PP) accounted for the main increase in imports.
PJSC Ufaorgsintez produces phenol, acetone, synthetic ethylene-propylene rubber, high and low density polyethylene, polypropylene, more than 30 types of petrochemical products and over 25 consumer products.
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