Refinery

Feyzin refinery — reformer unit fire

26 August 2024

Feyzin, France

What happened

A hydrocarbon leak and fire occurred in the reformer unit at TotalEnergies' Feyzin refinery following maintenance work on a filter. Personnel were evacuated, the unit was depressurised and shut down, and the fire was extinguished on site. The refinery's reformer remained offline afterward, affecting bitumen supply.

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Evidence
Documented
Confidence
High
Infrastructure
Refinery
Latitude
45.6700°
Longitude
4.8500°

Attribution

Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.

Sources

  1. TotalEnergies Feyzin refinery issue hits bitumen supplyArgus Media · Incident reporting