[image] Abandoned decaying oil tanker may explode, sparking environmental and... An abandoned oil tanker in the Red Sea loaded with more than 1 million barrels of crude oil may explode or rupture, causing a major environmental and humanitarian disaster. seaw…

Hard to be sure, but the article says the ship “…was purchased to hold up to 3 million gallons…” so if it has 1 million now, it’s 1/3 full. Since the Yemenis haven’t done any (recent) maintenance and won’t let inspectors near it, who knows?

[image] seasmaster: It’s been a long time since I worked on tankers, but if the tanks are full, I’d suspect the flammable gasses in the airspace above the cargo are well above the explosive limit, right? Only if the tanks are full, and the tanks are sealed and the tank atmosphere is not open …

There was a thread and a discussion about this on the forum a while back. I can’t find it but it was about a year ago.

Abandoned + decaying + crude oil + oxygen = pyrophoric iron = good chance of boom.

You are right (Except that it is Bbls. not Gls.): FSO Safer FSO Safer is a floating oil storage and offloading vessel that is moored in the Red Sea north of the Yemeni city of Al Hudaydah. Safer was built in 1976 by the Hitachi Zosen Corporation in Japan as the oil tanker Esso Japan. …

[image] Lee_Shore: There was a thread and a discussion about this on the forum a while back This one? [image] Decaying tanker near Yemeni coast at risk Professional Mariner Forum When reading this new thread, I had a feeling of ‘déjà vu’, too.

Someone could drop a nuclear weapon on it to vaporizer all the oil.

I guess I missed that one. Looks like the only thing that has changed in a year is that they are still just talking about it…and maybe will get permission for a site visit. The tankers I worked on only carried diesel and jet fuel. MSC didn’t have IG and we never blew up once. Of course we did pe…

[image] shipengr: diesel and jet fuel Both of those are class D combustible liquids and have a relatively high flash point.Thus they do not require IG. Crude oil is a grab bag molecularity and the lighter components vaporize much more readily making it more hazardous.

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Urs July 16, 2020, 4:16pm 9

This one?

When reading this new thread, I had a feeling of ‘déjà vu’, too.

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