THESE PHOTOS were taken yesterday (11th December 2012) between 1.55pm and 2:40pm and shows the vapour-mist formed as a result of the vapour from the Vivergo Fuels plant adding to that already coming from the Saltend Chemicals Park. Continue reading »
TOXIC ALARM TEST – THURSDAY 22nd NOVEMBER 2012 BP at the Saltend Chemicals Park has given advance notice of its intention to test its toxic alarm system on THURSDAY 22nd NOVEMBER 2012. The alarm, which sounds like an old World War II air raid siren, is normally tested every Wednesday at 2pm. But the exercise on Thursday … Continue reading »
FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF NON-TOXIC VAPOUR from the INEOS plant at Saltend on Monday (26th Sept 2011) and concerns about the non-sounding of the toxic alarm, the Hedon Blog is republishing an article from May 2010 about the Major Emergency Advice booklet distributed that month. Also on HU12 we ask the question: What would happen … Continue reading »
TOXIC ALARM TEST – TUESDAY 20th SEPTEMBER 2011 BP CHEMICALS LTD at Saltend has given advance notice of its intention to test its toxic alarm system on TUESDAY 20th SEPTEMBER. The alarm, which sounds like an old World War II air raid siren, is normally tested every Wednesday at 2pm. But the exercise on 20th September … Continue reading »
BP CHEMICALS has been fined £30,000 at Hull Magistrates Court after pleading guilty to a leak of Syngas containing carbon monoxide from its plant at Saltend in 2009. Between 10th November and 11th December 2009, a total of 572 tonnes of combustible Syngas was released into the atmosphere from BP’s Saltend chemical works when a valve … Continue reading »
UFO X-FILES RELEASED by The National Archives contain at least three ‘incidents’ relating to unidentified flying objects over East Yorkshire. One took place over Withernsea on June 15th 2002. During the resort’s Golden Jubilee celebrations, a restored Lancaster Bomber was conducting a fly-over as part of a Battle of Britain display which was recorded by … Continue reading »
HUMBERSIDE POLICE STATEMENT issued 08:07 this morning (2nd March 2011). Police were made aware of a blockade at the BP plant in Saltend at approximately 0615hrs with reports of workers blocking the access onto the site due to some sort of industrial dispute. The exact nature of the dispute is not currently clear. Traffic is … Continue reading »
TOXIC ALARM TEST – TUESDAY 27th JULY 2010 BP SALTEND has given advance notice of its intention to test its toxic alarm system on TUESDAY 27th JULY 2010 as part of a site-wide exercise of their ‘gas release’ procedures. The alarm which sounds like an old air raid siren is normally tested every Wednesday at … Continue reading »
