The damage of the oil and gas terminal in Ust-Luga, Russia, is apparently worse than initially expected. According to analysts at the Moscow-based BCS brokerage it might take weeks, maybe even months, until the facility will return to significant capacity. Two Ukrainian-made…

@PythiaAtDelphi @Tendar Wishful thinking, but I doubt the water is doing any damage. That part of the world experiences lots of winter weather. It will delay repairs though. Hopefully out of business for a few years.

@FreeSpe41527370 @Tendar Did you EVER see what happens if it rains during freezing temperatures? It’s a carnage…

@Tendar 👇 Anybody having questions about the combination of water & freezing temperatures?

@PythiaAtDelphi @Tendar It’s probably not water, but a special foam that firemen use to put off petroleum fires, as water is useless, and makes things even worse.

@FrancisLaudette @Tendar It’s not petroleum, it’s a gas installation. And it should be, but it’s mordor… Does the ice look like foam to you?

@PythiaAtDelphi @Tendar Oil floats on water; best way to cause an environmental disaster is using water instead if specialist foam

@AngelusMerula @Tendar It’s a gas installation…

@PythiaAtDelphi @Tendar It won't help but they have no choice, the oil will spread and set fire to other structures nearby.

@PythiaAtDelphi @Tendar Good chance that the water they were spraying was coming directly out of the bay meaning it is brackish, if not salty.

@PythiaAtDelphi @Tendar I thought that. As the ice expands it could crack lots of pipework. I guess the priority was getting the fire out though.

@PythiaAtDelphi @Tendar Don’t interrupt your enemy when he’s making a mistake

@PythiaAtDelphi @Tendar hush hush hush.

@PythiaAtDelphi @Tendar I hope so...

@PythiaAtDelphi @Tendar So sorry to hear that. /s 😇

@PythiaAtDelphi @Tendar 😎🙂

@PythiaAtDelphi @Tendar No. I've worked in chemical plants. And yes, also during wintertimes. The only thing that could happen is that cables get heavy. A bit of steam helps to prevent damage. Workers there know what to do because they are used to it.

@PythiaAtDelphi @Tendar Shhhhhhhhh don't tell them.😉

@PythiaAtDelphi @Tendar If they're doing it right, they're spraying the equipment near the fire to keep it cool and prevent spread, which is all they can do. The oil fire itself is too big to put out with water: if they don't have foam to smother it they'll have to let it burn out.

@PythiaAtDelphi @Tendar All we can do is hope there are critical items damaged that they don't have spares for and can't make themselves or buy on the open market.