Explosion kills two at Orlen's Lithuania refinery
06 March 2012
Two workers died on March 3 after an explosion at Polish refiner PKN Orlen's Lietuva AB refinery in Lithuania. “Two persons died when a portable vacuum tank exploded. The accident occurred during loading of the catalyst into the fluid catalytic cracking unit,” the company said in a statement.
The cause of the explosion is being investigated, and the company said the explosion had not affected any of the refinery’s operations.
The refinery has a capacity of 200,800 barrels of oil per day.
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