Recall: Western Gas Propane

[CS1983]

Western Gas is conducting a voluntary safety recall to inspect certain propane which may not have contained a sufficient level of odorant and was distributed from two of our facilities in Wyoming to locations in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. Because odorant serves an important safety function, we are taking this issue of under-odorized propane very seriously and are cooperating with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to conduct this voluntary recall. Odorant is added to propane (which is odorless) to help alert users to a gas leak from a propane tank, fitting or appliance. Failure to detect leaking gas can present fire, explosion and thermal burn hazards.
Western Gas has notified its potentially affected customers, which are typically wholesale distributors that re-sell the propane to other distributors or retailers and consumers. We are working with our customers and their customers to help ensure that their propane contains a sufficient level of odorant. Local suppliers are inspecting the propane delivered to customer tanks to determine whether the tanks contain a sufficient level of odorant and are adding odorant to tanks if necessary.

If you received a delivery of propane or purchased a portable cylinder of propane in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota or Wyoming from April 2015 through October 2017, and your tank has not been refilled since November 2017 or inspected for appropriate odorant, your propane may be affected by this voluntary recall. If you think your propane may be affected or if you have concerns, please immediately contact your local propane supplier or contact our consumer information line toll-free at 1-833-444-1451 (tel:1-833-444-1451) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT Monday through Friday or email us at info@propaneawareness.com. If propane in your stationary tank may be affected, we will arrange for a free inspection and additional odorant, if necessary. If propane in your portable cylinder may be affected, you will receive a replacement portable cylinder of propane at no cost to you.



http://propaneawareness.com/

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[brutal]

Thanks for the PSA.


Might have to call my local filler to see if they were affected.

They gonna replace my 30# RV tanks? lol

[rondog]

So, it burns fine but doesn't stink enough?

[brutal]

So Western Gas and AmeriGas are competitors?

I don't buy pre-filled bottles and my local fill is AmeriGas supplied.

My google-fu isn't working exceptionally well today, but the companies don't seem to have any link.

[Bailey Guns]

You could just sniff it. If you can smell it you're probably good.

[Skip]

You could just sniff it. If you can smell it you're probably good.

Too simple, they can't tell people that. Some jackass will blow his house up.

[MarkCO]

Thanks for posting.

Odor fade is a thing. They put 4 to 5 times more odorant in than needed for most people to smell it.

[brutal]

Thanks for posting.

Odor fade is a thing. They put 4 to 5 times more odorant in than needed for most people to smell it.

Should be adding odorant at the source...

Because Firestone.


[Sarcasm2]


Disclaimer: While I used to have a few small O&G related companies as clients, I don't know jack shit about the O&G industry.

[Bailey Guns]

The "sniff test" is real. We do that after each delivery into our bulk tanks from a transport truck. Seriously.

And, yeah...any more I have to really get a good face full of the stuff to even smell it.

[Bailey Guns]

Too simple, they can't tell people that. Some jackass will blow his house up.

That's called chlorine.

[Gman]

You could just sniff it. If you can smell it you're probably good.
...are we still talking about propane? [Coffee]

[00tec]

Their email is useless. They just told me to call my supplier.

"If you think your propane may be affected or if you have concerns, please immediately contact your local propane supplier or contact our consumer information line toll-free at 1-833-444-1451 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT Monday through Friday or email us at info@propaneawareness.com. "

[MarkCO]

The "sniff test" is real. We do that after each delivery into our bulk tanks from a transport truck. Seriously.

And, yeah...any more I have to really get a good face full of the stuff to even smell it. That is called "Odor Fatigue" and the more you smell propane, they higher the odorization needs to be for you to smell it.

Odor Fade is the consumption of odorant in the oxidization of the steel in the tanks. Progresses to a point (with new tanks) and then stops.

Theoretically, neither should be an issue since the odorant added (usually during offloading of railcars to bulk plants) is enough to overcome both cases even if they both occur.