Root Cause of Marathon Incident

Vol: 51 | No: 8 | Published on: March 1, 2024
What caused a fire to erupt at the Marathon Renewables fuel plant in Martinez. The Chemical Safety Board has been investigating, and the root cause has been determined.Read More...

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The November 2023 fire at Martinez’s Marathon Renewables facility that severely burned an employee was the result of excessive temperatures in furnace tubes surfaces, a rupture in one of the tubes, a misaligned bypass valve, and instrumentation and interlocks that appear to have not been functioning correctly. That, according to the U.S. Chemical Safety and … Read More » This...
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