ISTANBUL (Reuters) — An explosion in a storage tank at a Tupras refinery in the western Turkish province of Izmir on Wednesday killed four people but had no impact on production, the company said.
Tupras said in a statement that the explosion occurred following maintenance work on Wednesday morning.
Television footage showed black smoke rising from the site of the blast.
DAILY SABAH, October 11, 2017
The refinery, operated by Turkey's only oil refiner in the Aliağa district, is the country's second-largest in terms of its annual processing capacity of 11 million tons.
The facility is located in a heavily industrialized area right next to a petrochemicals manufacturing plant, another oil refinery and several other oil and gas industry facilities.
Tüpraş is owned by Turkey's largest industrial conglomerate, Koç Holding.
