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[IN] OIL UTI ENV
[SU] NPT
TO ENERGY, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND NATIONAL EDITORS:
An Update to "Unapproved Lightning Protection Devices Fail to Prevent
Fires at Oil Refineries," Issued October 3, 2013
HARTFORD, Conn., April 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The
Lightning Protection Institute (LPI) has been notified by Lightning
Eliminators (LEC) in Boulder, Co, that the two lightning events that
occurred at separate Venezuelan refineries in the summer of 2013
should not be directly attributed to the lightning protection systems,
or lack thereof, at those locations.
According to LEC, none of their products were installed at the Puerto
La Cruz refinery on or before October 3, 2013. Regarding the El
Palito refinery, Avram Saunders, LEC president and CEO states that,
"The Storage Tank struck at El Palito had no LEC lightning equipment
on it or near it." Saunders said that the lightning protection
equipment that LEC did have at the El Palito location "had not been
inspected, updated or repaired for over 16 years despite repeated
information and recommendations given to PDVSA that the equipment that
was previously installed could no longer be considered viable."
LPI is a not-for-profit, nationwide group founded in 1955 to promote
lightning safety, awareness and protection education. The
organization provides a certification program to qualify competence in
lightning protection installation, design and inspection in accordance
with national safety standards of NFPA and UL. Visit the LPI website
at www.lightning.org for more information.
SOURCE Lightning Protection Institute
-0- 04/21/2014
/CONTACT: Kim Loehr, LPI/LSA Media Representative, kiml@lightning.org
/Web Site: http://www.lightningsafetyalliance.com
CO: Lightning Protection Institute
ST: Connecticut
IN: OIL UTI ENV
SU: NPT
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