In 2000 Infram has been consulted for a dike design around the Chevron
refinery at the coast of the
US
, in
Pascagoula ,
Mississippi
.
Pascagoula
is situated just east of
Biloxi
, a town which has been
heavily damaged by the hurricane. Also in
Pascagoula
blocks of houses have
been swept away and the whole city was flooded.
The dike protection around the refinery,
however, survived! Some damage occurred, but the refinery did not experience
large damage by flooding and did not have a long period of down time due to
flooding.
Infram has been asked to advise on
immediate repair measures and a study on even possible higher safety
levels.