Total’s Dirk Roosendans, Pol Hoorelbeke and Christian Kapp explain the company’s new technology the oil industry operates installations and processes with important quantities of flammable substances within a wide range of pressures and temperatures. A particular hazard for this type of installations is an accidental release of a large quantity of flammable material resulting in the formation of a flammable cloud within the installation. Historical evidence has shown that the ignition of such a cloud can lead to an explosion producing shock waves with enough energy to cause substantial damage to process plants and equipment and even lead to a […]
Technical features
November 18, 2025
