The view of ESSO Oil seems to be nothing to see here, move along, move along.
CBCNews said:
But spokesman Merle MacIssac said it was a routine burn off of excess hydrocarbons. The plant is running as normal, but the flame was bigger than usual.
It really is an overreaction to an event that normally happens during maintenance. In daylight, it would be barely discernible from the normal 24/7 pilot flare. For this reason most plant operators chose to schedule known excess flaring events during the daylight hours to reduce neighbor alarm. So why did Esso chose this time? Maybe it wasn't so "routine".
These bigger than usual flares can also happen during plant/refinery upsets where something unusual has occurred operationally and if the situation warrants, for safety reasons, the plant/refinery will temporarily go to full flare, until pressures/feeds are stabilized.
It was just the normal burn-off, plus Bender venting his exhaust.
(yes, a Futurama reference. You're welcome.)
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