Petrotrin / NiQuan plant - Mothballed

[shake d livin wake d dead]

What going in south? Seeing some vids about some explosion or the other

[Redman]

I heard it..about 615-630.
I'm in La Romaine.
So if it was Niquan...it was pretty big...pics circulating

[wickedtuna]

I living close to high street san Fernando on top the hills loud explosion from Petrotrin shake the house lots of smoke from down there now

What going in south? Seeing some vids about some explosion or the other

[j.o.e]

Very loud at about 6:36am. Cocoyea side

[sMASH]

saw this vid, says its niquan

https://www.facebook.com/allan.gopaul/v ... 5941375004

[sMASH]

seeing 'explosion' post from someone in gopaul lands, said their house shook.

did they launch their catcraker! lol

[death365]

Article with Video

http://www.looptt.com/content/report-explosion-smoke-seen-petrotrin-compound

[sMASH]

[timelapse]

Anybody injured ?

[zoom rader]

This is what happens when you get rid of skilled staff.

[pugboy]

who they gonna call to fix ?

This is what happens when you get rid of skilled staff.

[zoom rader]

who they gonna call to fix ?

This is what happens when you get rid of skilled staff.

Ghost busters

On a serious note, it is most likely that the staff they hired was red government ojts. Square pegs in round holes. Probably employees that have never come through the ranks in heavy industries.

[bluefete]

This is what happens when you get rid of skilled staff.

I am not sure if it was you Zoom, but in one of the threads someone was saying about how the gov't close down Petrotrin but give a big bligh to Niquan because the owner is allegedly Rowley good pardner.

[zoom rader]

This is what happens when you get rid of skilled staff.

I am not sure if it was you Zoom, but in one of the threads someone was saying about how the gov't close down Petrotrin but give a big bligh to Niquan because the owner is allegedly Rowley good pardner.

Nah was not me,

but it's typical red government employment practice to hire friends and family without skills.

[Redman]

who they gonna call to fix ?

This is what happens when you get rid of skilled staff.

Ghost busters

On a serious note, it is most likely that the staff they hired was red government ojts. Square pegs in round holes. Probably employees that have never come through the ranks in heavy industries.

So a privately funded project preferred to hire idiots....so that they could lose capital.

Steups

[Dave]

If it is Niquan, Mark Bassant report showed up the MD about land grabbing in Maracas in Monday's guardian.

[zoom rader]

who they gonna call to fix ?

This is what happens when you get rid of skilled staff.

Ghost busters

On a serious note, it is most likely that the staff they hired was red government ojts. Square pegs in round holes. Probably employees that have never come through the ranks in heavy industries.

So a privately funded project preferred to hire idiots....so that they could lose capital.

Steups

Their employment selection had holes.

Energy employment is not a parlour.

[bluefete]

If it is Niquan, Mark Bassant report showed up the MD about land grabbing in Maracas in Monday's guardian.

Correct is right. Coincidence? Distraction? Stranger things have happened.

It is Niquan.

[gastly369]

Minor injuries no deaths reported

Anybody injured ?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

From fire services:

UPDATE ON FIRE AT NIQUAN ENERGY BASED ON FORMER PETROTRIN’S COMPOUND:-

Members of the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service (TTFS) have extinguished a fire which occurred this morning (April 07, 2021) at Niquan Energy Trinidad Limited based on former Petrotrin’s compound.

Appliances from the Mon Repos Fire Station responded and are presently on site.

The fire was quickly brought under control by members of the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service who worked closely with Niquan ground managers and officials from the plant.

There are no reported injuries at his time. An assessment will follow cooling procedures.

Investigations are ongoing.

(Update provided by the Acting Assistant Chief Fire Officer – Southern Division).

The Ministry of National Security commends our firefighters on their quick action to bring the situation under control.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

A voice note from an operator on the plant said it was the hydro cracking unit due to a wax buildup
I'm not sure how it works

[Redman]

Men diagnose the problem already?

[gastly369]

https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/-a-triumph-a-resounding-success-prime-minister-rowley-opens-niquan-energy-s-gtl-plant-at-pointe-a-pierre-in-trinidad-and-tobago-874145219.html

[sMASH]

who they gonna call to fix ?

This is what happens when you get rid of skilled staff.

Ghost busters

On a serious note, it is most likely that the staff they hired was red government ojts. Square pegs in round holes. Probably employees that have never come through the ranks in heavy industries.

So a privately funded project preferred to hire idiots....so that they could lose capital.

Steups

Their employment selection had holes.

Energy employment is not a parlour.

that is ONE of the reasons why locally managed projects fail and foreign ones make a lot of money. the foreign ones usually pay well, but demand performance, and spend to train and develop the competence.

that is why shutting down a plant, loosing the staff is not ideal if u want to restart.


the gtl idea was a good idea, but the idea to use derelict parts from a knock down foreign plant was failure from the conception. $3.2bn to buy an insurance write off. that is the dna we dealing with.

[gastly369]

Await "is kahmelaaahhh fault" ...

[De Dragon]

A voice note from an operator on the plant said it was the hydro cracking unit due to a wax buildup
I'm not sure how it works

Certain processes like methanol synthesis require a certain temperature in the reactors to keep wax from forming and gumming up the vessels and associated piping. Not sure if this is what is being referred to.

[zoom rader]

A voice note from an operator said it was the hydro cracking unit due to a wax buildup
I'm not sure how it works

This is what you get when you send home skilled staff with over 25 years in heavy industry.

Red government OJTS that are not suited for the energy industry

[timelapse]

More important to me than the politics involved right now.I glad it wasn't serious injuries/deaths

Minor injuries no deaths reported

Anybody injured ?

[zoom rader]

A voice note from an operator said it was the hydro cracking unit due to a wax buildup
I'm not sure how it works

Certain processes like methanol synthesis require a certain temperature in the reactors to keep wax from forming and gumming up the vessels and associated piping. Not sure if this is what is being referred to.

Due be careful and don't explain these tings to red government people. They have no idea what you taking about.

Just look at pastor Habit 7 & Redman as example. Just know eliteauto will also be an expert on energy plants.

[zoom rader]

More important to me than the politics involved right now.I glad it wasn't serious injuries/deaths

Minor injuries no deaths reported

Anybody injured ?

Politics is heavily involved in this . The wrong people was hired.