The Feyzin disaster was the worst accident which had occurred in petroleum and petrochemical plants in Western Europe, prior to the Flixborough disaster in 1974. Since then, many pressurised tanks containing liquefied gases have BLEVE'd.

Feyzin (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Metropolis of Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.

The Feyzin Refinery (Raffinerie de Feyzin) is an oil refinery in south-east France, one of six oil refineries in France.

Feyzin est une commune française située dans la métropole de Lyon, en région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ses habitants sont appelés les Feyzinois et Feyzinoises.

On J anuary 4th, 1966, at the Feyzin refinery in the suburbs of Lyon in the southern part of France, the valves could not close during work at a LPG spherical tank, which contained 1200kl propane, and a fire and explosion occurred from the leakage of LPG. The tank causing the accident was constructed in the tank yard where

On January 4th 1966, a spectacular fire occurred at the Feyzin refinery in France, killing 18 people, injuring 81 and causing extensive damage. An LPG spillage occurred when an operator was draining water from a 1200 m pressurised propane sphere. The resultant cloud of propane vapour spread 150 m until it was ignited by a car on an adjoining road.

n° 1 - 04/01/1966 - france - 69 - feyzin C19.20 - Manufacture of refined petroleum products This refinery, which first began operating in 1964, was processing 1.7 million tonnes of crude oil a year.

An operator was draining water from a propane storage sphere via a DN 50 (2″ NS) vertical drain leg below the sphere. The drain had 2 manual isolation valves in series. Both were opened but, contrary to operating procedure, the lower valve was half-opened first, then the upper valve was opened further. When draining wasContinue reading "Feyzin 1966 – Incident Summary"

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May 9, 2017 · Since last weekend, Total's (Paris / France; www.total.com) refinery facilities are successively being shut down in Feyzin, a few kilometers south of Lyon / France. This is due to a large strike, with about 600 employees who are demanding better working conditions.