The plausible deniability answer: Well, they were just restarting everything, and clearly they had some kinks to work out.
The tinfoil answer: Someone really didn't want those to start back up, did they?
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I will say that restarting that shit after being dormant is a massive process not just turn a switch and everything goes back on. So it could be an accident and they'll just get over it and keep starting up.
When was the last time an 'accident' like this happened? How frequent do these 'accidents' happen?
It happens fairly often. As said above startup is typically a long complex process. Also everything we deal with can burn, and a lot of it can kill you. We operate at extremely high pressures and temps in quite a few units.
Also these companies dont do the best maintenance and the units are really old and worn out.
I have been doing this for 20 plus years. I operate aboute 160,000 bpd capacity everyday.
20 years? Then you know the importance of torquing key flanges, especially normally hot ones, before startup after a long term outage. That part probably got axed from the scope or just simply overlooked. I’ve seen dangerous LOCs happen too often because that minute, yet essential, detail is overlooked.