Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri : Announcement (4) regarding the explosion at İzmir Refinery
October 11, 2017 at 05:15 am EDT
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11 October 2017
Today at 09.25 in Tüpraş İzmir Refinery an explosion took place due to gas jamming in the floating roof naphtha tank during the post-maintenance work carried out.
Five employees from the contractor company who were in charge of maintenance and control at the scene were affected by the explosion. After the first intervention from the Refinery Technical Safety teams, they were carried to the hospital by the Refinery Search and Rescue teams. Unfortunately 4 severely wounded employees could not be saved despite all efforts. One of our employees has minor injuries and is under treatment.
We inform with great sadness that Kemal Şaşmazer, Yusuf Kepenek, Mehmet Karademir and Mehmet Dere lost their lives. May Allah rest their souls in peace. We wish our deepest sympathies and condolences to their families and colleagues.
We present to public attention.
Corporate Communications Department
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Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS is a Turkey-based company that is engaged, together with its subsidiaries, in the refining of crude oil and petroleum products. Its refineries produce a full range of refined petroleum products, including diesel, fuel oils, jet fuel, gasoline and asphalt. The Group also imports and sells petroleum products and engages in the distribution, retailing and marine transportation of crude oil and refined products. It is mainly engaged in the following fields: to provide and refine crude oil, to import and export petroleum products, and to establish and operate domestic and foreign refineries for this purpose; to establish and operate factories and facilities in petrochemical and other related industries; to establish and operate facilities and plants related with energy and energy related industries, as well as to purchase, sell, import, export, store, market and distribute petroleum products, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and natural gas, among others.
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