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The Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) Consortium is a group of leading companies and universities involved with process industries that have jointly invested in research and development to create knowledge, tools and products designed to prevent, detect and mitigate abnormal situations that affect process safety in the control operations environment.
According to ARC Process Safety Worldwide Outlook – Market Analysis and forecast through 2014 -"Honeywell's commitment to plant operational safety extends beyond the confines of traditional safety system boundaries. Honeywell continues its leadership in the Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) consortium. ASM related products and services include User Alert, Asset Manager, Alarm Configuration Manager, Alarm Management, Event Analyst, Operations Management Pro, and Early Event Detection to prevent incidents from occurring in the first place. Honeywell's leadership position in process control for oil & gas, refining, and petrochemical industries allows them to leverage their safety systems sales in those areas."
The ASM Consortium provides a news feed of process safety related incidents worldwide. ControlGlobal.com has been given permission to reproduce that newsfeed here.

URL: BREAKING: Explosion and Fire at CEMEX Plant Early This Morning
Notes: Feb 21, (New Braunfels, TX) -- An explosion of sorts was reported early this morning at the CEMEX Plant on Wald Road on the south end of New Braunfels,...
PublicationSource: KGNB
Publication Date: 2/21/2012
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URL: Chile Collahuasi halts sulfide plant ops on death
Notes: Feb 21- The world's No. 3 copper mine, Chile's Collahuasi, halted operations of its sulfides plant after an explosion killed a worker on Monday afternoon, mine ...
PublicationSource: Reuters
Publication Date: 2/21/2012
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URL: Petrol tanker exploded in Baku, a chemical plant flamed out in Sumgait
Notes: Feb 21- In Sumgait city petrol flamed out at Ethylene- Polypropylene plant in one of the shop-floors.
PublicationSource: ABC
Publication Date: 2/21/2012
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URL: Chevron refinery deals with gas leak
Notes: Feb 20- Burnaby's Chevron refinery had a gasoline leak early last Thursday morning.
PublicationSource: Burnaby Now
Publication Date: 2/20/2012
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URL: Faulty flange link eyed as possible cause of BP refinery fire in Wash; facility still offline
Notes: Feb 21, BLAINE, Wash. — A spokesman says a fire at BP’s Cherry Point refinery might have been caused by a leaky flange connection.
PublicationSource: The Washington Post
Publication Date: 2/21/2012
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URL: Blast at steel plant in NE China kills at least 10
Notes: Feb 21, BEIJING (AP) -- At least 10 people have been killed and three others are missing after a blast at a steel plant in northeastern China.
PublicationSource: WGME
Publication Date: 2/21/2012
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URL: Officials Probe Jamestown Tear Gas Company Fire
Notes: Feb 20- Officials at Combined Systems Inc., 388 Kinsman Road, are still trying to determine what caused a fire at one of its buildings Monday afternoon.
PublicationSource: WYTV
Publication Date: 2/20/2012
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URL: Milk factory explosion causes $300k damage
Notes: Feb 21- An explosion and fire has caused about $300,000 damage at a milk processing factory east of Melbourne.
PublicationSource: ABC
Publication Date: 2/21/2012
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URL: Major fire at Perth recycling plant
Notes: Feb 17- Firefighters have been tackling a major blaze at a Perth recycling plant, as 100 tonnes of paper and cardboard went up in flames.
PublicationSource: BBC
Publication Date: 2/17/2012
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URL: Tesoro crews put out fire at Utah plant
Notes: Feb 17- A fire that started at about 5 a.m. Friday at a crude unit at Tesoro Corp.'s refinery in Salt Lake City was “small” and the plant's crews extinguished it, the company said.
PublicationSource: my SA
Publication Date: 2/17/2012
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URL: Large fire burns storage tower at Cherry Point refinery
Notes: Feb 17, FERNDALE, Wash. - Crews responded to a huge fire Friday afternoon at the BP Cherry Point refinery near Ferndale that one witness described as an "inferno" before ...
PublicationSource: Seattle PI
Publication Date: 2/17/2012
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URL: Tesoro says Salt Lake refinery fire quickly put out
Notes: Feb 17 - Tesoro Corp said a small fire was quickly extinguished on Friday morning in the crude distillation unit of its 57,500-barrels-per-day Salt Lake...
PublicationSource: Reuters
Publication Date: 2/17/2012
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URL: Fire damages ceiling tiles in Armstrong's Marietta plant
Notes: Feb 18- An early morning fire did $10,000 worth of damage to pallets of ceiling tiles at the Armstrong plant in Marietta, a fire official said.
PublicationSource: Lancaster Online
Publication Date: 2/18/2012
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URL: Exxon Baton Rouge refinery reports malfunction -filing
Notes: Feb 19 - Exxon Mobil Corp's 502,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, ...
PublicationSource: Reuters
Publication Date: 2/19/2012
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URL: Blast Furnace Accident Halts Production at RG Steel
Notes: Feb 19- Production has been halted at RG Steel in Warren Township after an incident inside the blast furnace Saturday morning.
PublicationSource: WKBN
Publication Date: 2/19/2012
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URL: Chemical spill shuts major port in Portland for days
Notes: Feb 20- The Country Fire Authority, which is managing the incident held a community meeting about 8pm yesterday.
PublicationSource: Herald Sun
Publication Date: 2/20/2012
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URL: 2 injured in flash explosion at Gastonia plant (updated)
Notes: Feb 16- Two men working at a gas pipeline construction site in Gaston County were injured Thursday morning when a generator met propane vapors, flashed and burned them.
PublicationSource: Gaston Gazette
Publication Date: 2/16/2012
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URL: one worker injured in chemical explosion at Mercer Milling in Clay
Notes: Feb 16, Clay, NY -- A chemical accident was reported today at a milling plant in the town of Clay.
PublicationSource: Syracuse
Publication Date: 2/16/2012
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URL: Ammonia leak at plant snarls traffic
Notes: Feb 15- Traffic on Amnicola Highway should be back to normal this morning after a fire Tuesday caused an ammonia leak that closed the highway for several hours.
PublicationSource: Fire Engineering
Publication Date: 2/15/2012
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URL: Fire breaks out at Formosa Taffeta plant
Notes: Feb 15, Taipei - A fire broke out at a textile plant of Formosa Taffeta Co. (FTC), a subsidiary of Formosa Plastics Group,...
PublicationSource: Focus Taiwan
Publication Date: 2/15/2012
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URL: Small Fire Breaks Out At Wrigley Plant
Notes: Feb 15- A small fire broke out Wednesday night at the Wrigley plant at 3002 Jersey Pike.
PublicationSource: The Chattanoogan
Publication Date: 2/15/2012
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URL: Leak at Caltex refinery in Sydney
Notes: Feb 15- ABOUT 1,000 litres of hydrocarbon has leaked at a Caltex oil refinery in Kurnell, south of Sydney.
PublicationSource: Herald Sun
Publication Date: 2/15/2012
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URL: Tata fined for DSEAR breaches at Scunthorpe plant
Notes: Feb 14- Tata Steel UK Ltd pleaded guilty in late January 2012 to breaching the Dangerous Substances and Explosives Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR) ...
PublicationSource: HazardEx
Publication Date: 2/14/2012
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URL: Channel Chemical responds: Hazmat spill on Seaway Road poses no public threat
Notes: Feb 14, GULFPORT -- A spokesman for Channel Chemical Corp. has issued a statement reassuring the public that a spill of 500 to 1,000 gallons of corrosive liquid on its property poses no threat to the public.
PublicationSource: Sun Herald
Publication Date: 2/14/2012
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URL: Ammonia leak at Chattanooga BASF chemical plant stopped, followed small fire, no injuries
Notes: Feb 14, CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A leak of anhydrous ammonia at a Chattanooga chemical plant followed a small fire.
PublicationSource: The Republic
Publication Date: 2/14/2012
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