休斯顿，得克萨斯-埃克森美孚公司说，周三在其德克萨斯州巴伊敦炼油化工厂发生火灾，造成30多人受伤，附近居民不让走出屋外。
Baytown烯烃工厂经理Jason Duncan说，埃克森消防队员正在努力扑灭丙烯回收装置产生的火灾，该装置含有丙烷和丙烯的轻烃混合物。
邓肯（Duncan）拒绝就这场火灾对埃克森美孚2800万吨/年炼油厂石油产量的影响发表评论。
邓肯（Duncan）证实，埃克森的所有员工都进行清点，受伤的37人在一家非现场诊所接受了轻伤、无生命危险的治疗。
爆炸原因尚未确认。邓肯（Duncan）在一次记者招待会上说：“我们将努力解决这一问题，使其不再发生，然后与我们的行业分享原因，使其不再发生。”
埃克森美孚发表了以下声明：
Baytown烯烃厂发生火灾。我们的消防队正在努力灭火。我们正在进行人员核对。我们的首要任务是确保人身安全，包括我们的员工、承包商和周围社区。作为预防措施，我们的工业卫生人员正在现场和围栏线进行空气质量监测。我们正在与监管机构合作。我们对此次事件可能给社区造成的任何干扰或不便深表遗憾。
据埃克森美孚公司称，爆炸发生数小时后，该工厂西部地区的一个临时避难所被拆除。
当地的Goose Creek Cisd学区表示，有几所学校，包括Robert E.Lee高中、Peter E.Hyland、Impact Echs、San Jacino小学、Travis小学和Baytown Junior。
“我们正在与监管机构合作。埃克森公司发言人莎拉·诺丁在一份声明中说：“我们对这次事件可能给社会造成的任何干扰或不便深表遗憾。”
官员们说，空气质量监测也在进行中，社区的安全仍然是头等大事。
周三下午，大火继续燃烧着一个残余燃料。邓肯说，没有发现任何不良环境影响。
埃克森美孚于2018年在巴伊敦烯烃厂完成了价值数十亿美元的乙烷裂解装置的建设。该裂解装置每年可生产150万吨乙烯，并为其德克萨斯州蒙特贝尔维尤塑料厂的其他两条生产线提供原料。
Flames, smoke billow from ExxonMobil plant
7/31/2019
HOUSTON, TX --Exxon Mobil Corp said a fire erupted Wednesday at its Baytown, Texas, refining and chemical plant complex, injuring more than 30 people and sending nearby residents indoors.
Baytown Olefins Plant Manager, Jason Duncan said Exxon firefighters were working to extinguish the fire that originated from a Propylene Recovery Unit which contains a light hydrocarbon mixture of propane and propylene.
Duncan declined to comment on the fire's impact on production at Exxon’s adjacent 560,500 barrels-per-day oil refinery.
Duncan confirmed all Exxon staff were accounted for and 37 people were being treated with minor, non-life threatening injuries at an off-site clinic.
The cause of the explosion has not been confirmed. “We're going to work diligently to figure it out so it does not happen again and then share the cause with our industry so it doesn't happen again," Duncan said during a press conference.
ExxonMobil released the following statement:
A fire has occurred at the Baytown Olefins Plant. Our fire teams are working to extinguish the fire. We are conducting personnel accounting. Our first priority remains the safety of people, including our employees, contractors and the surrounding community. As a precaution, our Industrial Hygiene staff is conducting air quality monitoring at the site and fence line. We are cooperating with regulatory agencies. We deeply regret any disruption or inconvenience that this incident may have caused the community.
A shelter in place order for areas west of the plant was lifted several hours after the explosion, according to ExxonMobil.
Local school district, Goose Creek CISD said several schools were included in the shelter in place including, Robert E. Lee High School, Peter E. Hyland, IMPACT ECHS, San Jacinto Elementary, Travis Elementary and Baytown Junior.
“We are cooperating with regulatory agencies. We deeply regret any disruption or inconvenience that this incident may have caused the community,” Exxon spokesperson Sarah Nordin said in a statement.
Officials said air quality monitoring is also underway and the safety of the community remains a top priority.
The fire was continuing to burn residual fuel contained in a large column on Wednesday afternoon. Duncan said no adverse environmental effects have been detected.
Exxon in 2018 completed the construction of a multi-billion-dollar ethane cracker at the Baytown Olefins Plant. The cracker can produce 1.5 million tons per year and provides feedstock to two other production lines at its Mont Belvieu, Texas, plastics plant.
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