Lol, there's oil refineries where I live and the other month they did a burn off with 2 pipes for over 6 hrs , it was burning bright and could see it 10 miles away and it was cloudy being able to see it through it too lol
Built in 70’s-80’s. At this point the flare was a bit radioactive (norms). Unsafe to retrofit for just a couple lights/year. This worked fine. Everyone was in the tea shack while this was going on.
@@credit__devin not saying 100% confirmed as radioactive, but highly likely due to many years of service. NORMs is the term used. Here’s a link www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-and-gas/applications-and-permits/environmental-permit-types/norm-waste/
I don’t think it would be radioactive, because then you would be putting radiation into the air. It’s just cheaper to have a flare probably cost 2mil just to have an ignitor installed up there
"Can you provide suggestions for the specifications and brand of flare gun you use, as we are planning to buy a flare gun like that, to light up flares at my workplace?"
a simple single barrel shotgun. very standard and cheap. the cartridge used is not buckshot or birdshot, but a flare cartridge. if you search google for "single barrel shotgun" and "shotgun flare cartridge" you will find similar items to what was used here.
What's My name Built in the late 70’s - early 80’s = not all the best bits from the modern era... But yes, automated ignition is used in many places. Another consideration is that getting all the way up there to fix or maintain an igniter is not the safest thing to do.
@@colettetuckerpeyton I see, thanks for the response. I guess I was comparing it with my work site. But then again, mine isn't in the middle of the ocean! Still an amazing sight this was.
As Craig points out, maintenance on the flare tip is avoided since it is rather messy. It would be easy to put some sort of electronic spark plug but you want to avoid going up there to do maintenance as much as possible. In offshore Norway, where I work, they developed years ago a high pressure ballistic ignition system, where they fire zirconium-filled pellets through a tube all the way from the bottom of the flare to the tip, and then collide them with a plate. This creates a shower of sparks that ignites the gas. All the equipment necessary to pressurize the nitrogen that thrusts the pellets is located in an accessible location at the bottom. All they need to do is go up every few years to empty the basket that collects the pellets.
@@The_MisterZ Hi. Regarding the Ballistic Igntion System it is a well proven system taht result in a high reliability, low maintenance and low risk solution to igntiting the flare. Retrofit is also possible (having been done several times already). If anyone want more information about this system - please check www.lifetimeignition.com
Christopher Kenneth Choa , no not fireworks. It is a flare gun. Effectively a single shot shotgun with a flare cartridge instead of buck shot. It is used to ignite the gas that comes out of the flare stack on an oil and gas platform after a planned outage. The flare is required for safety. If there is a sudden problem, like a leak, we quickly route all the oil and gas to the flare where it can be safely be burned off, and won’t result in a fire/explosion/poison gas environment where the people are.
@@colettetuckerpeyton hi Craig... Thank you for your message. I worked with flare as an epc design engineer but never heard of a flare gun. I reckon I need to be exposed to Operations from time to time rather than sitting in an office.
