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Operators did not trust the reading given by the float gauge in the HP separator and the
nucleonic level indication was misread due to an offset on the chart recorder.
The low low level trip on the HP separator had been disconnected several years earlier
when a plant modification had been made.
The LP Separator pressure relief had been sized for a fire case, not a gas breakthrough
from the HP separator.
References
Health and Safety Executive, The fires and explosion at BP Oil (Grangemouth) Refinery Ltd. A
report of the investigations by the Health and Safety Executive into the fires and explosion at
Grangemouth and Dalmeny, Scotland, 13 March, 22 March and 11 June 1987, ISBN 0 11
885493 3, 1989.