Linseed oil fire hazard because they provide a large surface area for oxidation of the oil, which oxidises quickly. The oxidation of linseed oil is an exothermic reaction, which accelerates as the temperature of the rags increases. When heat accumulation exceeds the rate of heat dissipation into the environment, the temperature increases and may eventually become hot enough to make the rags spontaneously combust. In 1991, One Meridian Plaza, a high rise in Philadelphia, was severely damaged and three firefighters perished in a fire thought to be caused by linseed oil-soaked rags. Linseed oil Linseed oil, also known as flaxseed oil or
Narva Oil Plant shale per year. It would produce 290,000 tonnes of shale oil and 75 million cubic meters of oil shale gas per year. The cost of the new oil plant is approximately 3 billion Estonian kroons (€191.7 million, US$264.2 million). The construction was launched in the second half of 2009, and the new Enefit280 plant was commissioned in 2012. The first barrel of shale oil was produced in the new plant on 20 December 2012. Narva Oil Plant Narva Oil Plant (), a subsidiary of Eesti Energia, is a producer of shale oil from oil shale. It operates a commercial scale