Today we take a look at Buncefield Oil Depot, Hemel Hempstead HP2 7EU.
We speak to staff regarding photography and the drone who then retreat.
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Cuz not supposed to be taking photographs here what makes you say that well this is uh this is the oil depos they’ve got injunction notices about people taking videos of that so welcome back to the channel guys today we’re here in HL Hempstead taking a look at busfield oil
Terminal so as you would expect very high security to protect themselves from the protesters and talking of protesters we have an high court injunction in force here dated the 6th of October so that relates to well the whole site everywhere in red but of course we are not acting in
Connection with or affiliated too so it’s completely irrelevant to us we’ll just make our video as normal and remain off site as normal as well so as you would expect bar wire the bar wire does look quite new as well look at that razor wire as well Bob wire is on
The these three rows and the razor wire is coiled got some great signage do not go on you have been warned and of course great CCTV as well it looks like the site stretches quite far back and we can see a vehicle down there now some of the people I’ve been talking
To whilst here in HL Hempstead of said that the oil gets piped straight into this site and tankers arrive and take it away and it also has a pipe straight over to Keo airport apparently in this box underneath the sign there’s actually more information about the injunction in
Folders just to the left of the entrance got some pter Cabins this is the type of PPE that they’re wearing is that a torch as well on the helmet I think it is we get the idea of the uni for don’t we and of course they are recording us for the
Purpose of safety security crime and detection BP Oil limited there we go and the site stretches all the way down there where the razor wire stops people from climbing over and they do have signage not as often as they need it but they do have some
Signage should be one of those every 9 m i See sir yeah just wonder what you’re uh doing doing the photographing of the fen inter it just for a video you want across the road for video for what sir social media what about though bfield yeah cuz you’re not supposed to be taking photographs here what makes you say that well this
Is uh this is the oil depos they’ve got injunction notices about people taking videos on that yeah so what’s it what what’s what site’s it going on YouTube for what for what reason though just I find this site interesting so I’m making a video to put on to
YouTube I don’t see the problem am I missing some uh well it is uh we have had a lot of protesters around here over the time so that’s why we had somebody come past and then informed us that you were taking photographs that all makes people
A bit nervous I yeah right okay yeah that’s what that’s what your job is to do and it sus them out if I’m a protester remind me of the injunction tell me that I could be arrested if I stay but I’m not who’s interested in this then my viewers really what are
Your viewers what is your anything on an industrial estate I do videos about on Industrial estate you just so happen to be on an industrial estate on a a industrial oh you do all industrial Estates yes ah right okay okay okay but you tried to imply there that because
There’s an injunction relating to protesters it stops photographers from doing aw that organization that’s the thing is if you’re part of that organization you’re are you affiliated to them no of course not so just if if they if they see you on the cameras in there they may phone the police that was
All and we’re just letting you know the police will talk to me like you have they’ll you yeah but I’m just saying so you so you are aware that’s all that there is an injunction around on this place so if you do get if the police
Come down you’re aware of it all right the injunctions only relevant if you’re have a connection to those protesters which I don’t just that’s fine that’s fine yeah so all my videos I do a ground tour bit of a what can I see say what
You see then I take the drone over get some aerial shots I know there’s a some risks here I’ll stay away from the major acids but it will it can go over the fence line but I’ll just stay away from what I feel is unsafe as the pilot you
Can’t you shouldn’t go in yeah can there’s an exclusion zone for anything no so anything that’s well our rules say that if no one goes onto the terminal without the right and that’s something that could cause a spark so if you got Spirit what sorry if you got spirit in a tank and
Your drone crashes into it and it causes a spark then we could have a problem that’s the thing so that’s why we restrict um electronic equipment on the terminal so we don’t you’re talking about things on your property getting very close yeah so like mobile phones
They have to be that that safety rated what is it ACH or something yeah but I’m going to be at least 100 m in the the sky I’m just an aircraft flying over my rules don’t your rules don’t apply to my aircraft I’m just flying over like a
Bird are you allowed to fly in the got Lo yeah so what what we’ve got here you’ve got the the map where you’re allowed to fly now you’ll notice the airport will be red wherever it is there look see all those red areas there no NOS but you’ve got nothing at all over
Here so there’s no flight restrictions at all so you’ll get over here though thean still come over to L yeah but my drone is restricted to 120 M okay they’ll never come this low right okay so this sort of envelope is reserved for me I to make my interesting videos I
Just want to get This fre y 1203 I bet you’re not going to be helpful and tell me what that code relates to it’s probably Spirit or diesel it’ll be the it be the content to that that is petrol so it’ll have Spirit on board petrol so that’s common knowledge you know you can learn that
Anywhere and how does the oil get onto site is it piped underground it could be yeah and it’s piped in piped in and and have you got a pipe going from here to the the nearest airport no right okay no not to the nearest there no so you got a
Pipe going anywhere or just in got some pipes going outwards as well between the terminals oh between between terminals not not to ACC customer uh no I not think so not really customers no cuz it they go out on trucks to the customers so so someone mentioned he throw at a
Pipeline from here is that false is it that’s not for us to say mate we can’t we can’t comment on that sort of thing right okay I a yes then okay it’s interesting stuff you know not everybody knows it I’m just making a little video
Say what I see say what I know what I’ve heard fly the Drone get some footage 20 minutes I’ll be gone okay but if you have called the police we haven’t called the police if you’re thinking of doing it do let me know cuz I don’t want them to look for
Me I’ll wait yeah yeah no no no we we just we we come and talk to you first before we talk police so fine somebody just reported one of our workers reported that there was someone taking pictures of the FES that’s good yeah cuz if a protester was planning something
You and you’ve stopped it but not today I don’t know if we stopped it but maybe pre it or well you’ll get the police here before a load of them arrive maybe that’s right yeah yeah yeah that’s fine it’s not a problem so yeah just take care of yourself though won’t you yeah
Yeah 20 minutes I’ll be gone I’m just going to stay on these two grass verges yeah don’t fly over the tanks I’m going to go over the fence but when there’s risk I’ll go around the risk yeah all the T anywhere there’s an installation
Is a risk yeah I agree I agree yeah I’ll make sure it’s safe don’t worry all right okay thank you I’m just going my bike’s down there look so I’m not following you I’m let’s go to my bike Channel DJ audits DJ a there you go you can have a keying all
Right we don’t hide nothing right okay what’s that DJ aits I got a key oh is that the uh we can find the on YouTube we on there later about a week oh a week got to edit it shut up you want a royalty thank you so we’ll stay close to the
Bike we’ve seen all we can see really from the ground now is the time to get David up and let’s see what this place looks like from above so as always we’ve checked on drone assist there are no flight restrictions in this area at all busfield oil
Terminal let’s have a look at you then shall we con here what you fil me supposed can’t hear you I think a no all here I said it’s the door f is on here it’ll be all right yeah yeah I think it’ll be all right I think suppos to
That’ll be all right yeah because if you if you read what’s uh down there on the fence yeah yeah it’ll be all right hard C stuff you know you’re not supposed to do this don’t worry about it you going on Maya I’m not worried about it I’m
Just I’m just you’re worried about me yeah yeah thank you yeah because if police going to come I’ll only be about 10 minutes then I’ll be gone it’ll be all right 10 minutes you know can’t change your life if it’s illegal what’s what’s the point
To do that I don’t think it is what you mean look there is the cameras down there they they see you yeah it’s all right if I don’t think it’s illegal I don’t mind if people see me but is illegal because that’s what high cour says on the there the
Really yeah don’t say anything about drones yeah yeah I think it’ll be right mate but thank you anyway a nice concerned worker there concerned about me getting into trouble because of what it says on that brown sign ah he’s nice Is It Anyway busfield oil terminal let’s have a look
At you then shall we so we’ll stay nice and high on this one 100 m in the sky and we’ve not walked very far we just walked a tiny bit up that grass and then we came back but behind the bushes there we have those tankers and like a big petrol
Station they’re getting filled up just Under The Canopy there which is all being supplied by these tanks and the lids Do move so when they are emptier you can see it with the lid being much lower down 1 2 3 4 5 six they are numbered so
Six is the emptiest out of those six and then the site comes back down here and then down here so we have more and more of them what do they call them installation okay piped into the site and piped out of the site to other Terminals and do they have a pipe going
To heo he didn’t want to answer that question did he oh no so we’re not going to fly over as we mentioned we’ll just get a different View we seem to have a couple of these reservoirs that so they can suck out water in an emergency we’ve got one just
Below us as well definitely a man-made there so there we have here the whole site in one shot let’s do a 360° photo for Google Maps and move on so that was busfield oil terminal a little bit of information about this place busfield oil terminal is located
Near HL Hempstead in arford Shire became famous due to a major incident that occurred on December the 11th 2005 a series of explosions and fires took place at the busfield oil storage and transfer Depot which was one of the largest in the UK at the time the incident considered one of the largest
Industrial disasters in Europe resulted in significant damage to the facility and surrounding areas the cause was later determined to be the Overflow of unleaded fuel from a storage tank leading to the formation of a vapor Cloud that ignited fortunately there were no fatalities but the incident prompted improvements in safety
Regulations and emergency response procedures for similar facilities and staff were very quick to come out just to make sure we were not the protesters weren’t they signage is great security is great response time is great and I’m sure it’s one of the safest oil terminals now thanks to that disaster in
2005 now the location of the DJ audits key ring I’ve just noticed over here they are telling you they’ve got a pipeline buried beneath here we got some information about the diam one says six one says 8 one says 14 and a marker there to tell you that there’s
Definitely an oil pipe coming in here now the location of the DJ audits key ring on this video is just under this sign just up there look so if you are one of the first people to watch the video and you do want a key ring good
Luck with that directly opposite and I’m going to leave that one there security left me alone in the end to do my lawful activity and that is all we ask for so if you have enjoyed that video do give it a thumbs up for me and
I’ll see you on the next one guys bye-bye for Now
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Third and final key ring found. Thank you DJ.
Well i never! “taking photos makes people nervous” for heaven sake don’t tell them that millions of people take photos at flamingo land every year, or they’ll have a proper melt down.
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DJE MEDIA is copying you're channel big time 😮 even the emoji in the titles 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
I remember that incident I was leaving work around the corner, it felt like an earthquake and glass from nearby buildings rained down on us, you could feel the heat like is was in front of you, car windows were shattered for miles from the shockwave.
The UK national pipeline is now run by Exolum after the government sold it off.
wonder if when the place blew up if there were men in hi viz telling the tv camera men they could not film.
Great audit DJ. I learnt a lot about the facility there. Security were great. Imo.
inDJunction ? 🤔
3YE 1203 Refers to petrol and 3Y 1202 would refer to Diesel and 3Y 1223 is Kero or home heating oil just for reference DJ,I should know im a ex tanker driver 😉
Buncefield Oil Refinery – didn't they have a little incident there in 2005? I remember visiting a business across the fields from the explosion a few years later, it was still a bit of a mess as I recall.
Why do people always think they know more?
Great drone pic dj
Great people those 2 first workers, great interaction… no BS …. I am glad you gave them your keyring.
The guy on the car has a big mouth… but,…. not much BS either. Amazing video
HNY DJ 🙂
DJ thank you my keyring arrived in the post today.
This place had a HUGE explosion and a fire that lasted multiple days in 2005
i hope we are all learning from this …….
A bit disappointed that the chap in the car interrupted you as you didnt get the catchphrase in……. "lets see what this pkace looks like fron ABOVE"
I always say it with you 😅
Good lads
Was a much larger site, however a massive fire happened about 20 years ago which destroyed not only the terminal but much of the surrounding area
3YE 1203
3 is flammable and combustable liquids
Y means it mustn't enter waterways and breathing apparatus is recommended to be used by firefighters
E means Evacuate
1202 is diesel or light heating oil
1203 is petrol
1270 is a mixture on the same vehicle but I'm not sure if it's still used
i will never forget that dreadfull fire back in december 2005 thank goodness nobody got hurt but the damage was servire !!!
I assume it's connected to this pipeline.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exolum_Pipeline_System#:~:text=The%20Exolum%20Pipeline%20System%2C%20formerly,is%20now%20owned%20by%20Exolum.
A camera makes these guys nervous!! They better avoid leaving home.
Sound Guys shoulda took the keyring though 👍
Those guy’s were pretty chill…
Nice chaps, Just use more oil!
The new law in the uk ( your not supposed to be 😂)
Two great bloke's at the gate 👏 respect deserved 👏
That was fantastic video. Thats to decide bloke's with a bit of Common sense and able to talk and listen.. well done lads 👍👍👍👍
I can remember when the explosion happened it was massive and you could see the fire from miles away and the factors and the offices nearby we're all ruined I went through there a month later as nobody was allowed near it for a couple of weeks due to investigations but when I went through it was like a warzone I've seen nothing like it before the offices and surrounding we're all devastated body explosion
Looks like a concentration camp.
Fuel petrol 3ye
Well done gents.
Well they were very professional and very good representatives for BP. I was impressed with them. Nice chaps I thought.
Such a refreshing change
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I lived not far fron this site when the explosion happened. It blew the loft hatch out at our house.
I still remeber the plumes of black smoke over Hemel for a week.