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No, oil takers have an inert gas system to ensure that the tanks are not explosive, empty or full. They pump non-flammable flue gases into the tanks to displace
by kens 3y ago
No, oil takers have an inert gas system to ensure that the tanks are not explosive, empty or full. They pump non-flammable flue gases into the tanks to displace oxygen.
(This was a plot point in the novel "The Devil's Alternative" which I read probably 40 years ago but my brain remembers random things :-)
Details: https://www.marineinsight.com/marine-safety/protection-against-explosion-the-i-g-system/ https://www.marineinsight.com/marine-safety/protection-again...
- stickfigure 3y agoApparently the inert gas systems are not always properly maintained: https://www.offshore-energy.biz/pablo-tanker-explosion-exposes-dangers-of-growing-shadow-fleet/ https://www.offshore-energy.biz/pablo-tanker-explosion-expos... (Googling "oil tanker explosion" produces quite a few similar events)