(File Photo of Canaport LNG Facility)
We have a few more details today about an incident that happened at the Canaport LNG Terminal on Saturday afternoon. It was during a planned maintenance procedure around noon time when there was a release of vapor and LNG into the safety release flare system. The vapor cloud and large flare lasted for about ten minutes and no one was hurt but employees were sent to the nearest safety areas as a pre-caution. There were no vessels berthed at the time and the all clear was given just over an hour later.
Officials are in the process of conducting a root cause analysis to see where improvements can be made to make sure incidents like this don’t happen again.
