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Accident # | 102960/102918 |
State Police # | 08-00732/08-00744 |
Accident Date | 2008-02-08 |
Report Date | 2008-02-15 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Hydrocarbon | 16h 38 m | FLARE-Flare 5,17,19 | NO | NO | YES | 159.0 pounds |
Hydrogen Sulfide | 16h 38 m | FLARE-Flare 5,17,19 | NO | NO | NO | 1.0 pounds |
Sulfur Dioxide | 16h 38 m | FLARE-Flare 5,17,19 | NO | YES | NO | 445.0 pounds |
Nitric Oxide | 16h 38 m | FLARE-Flare 5,17,19 | NO | YES | NO | 48.0 pounds |
Nitrogen Dioxide | 16h 38 m | FLARE-Flare 5,17,19 | NO | YES | YES | 8.0 pounds |
Butene | 16h 38 m | FLARE-Flare 5,17,19 | NO | NO | YES | 6.0 pounds |
Ethylene | 16h 38 m | FLARE-Flare 5,17,19 | NO | NO | YES | 6.0 pounds |
Propylene | 16h 38 m | FLARE-Flare 5,17,19 | NO | NO | YES | 15.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As:
Process Upset-recycle gas compressor shut down due to process upset./Other-high pressure in the refinery gas collection system due too a high volume of vent gas from other refinery units.
Process upset conditions at the catalytic cracking unit were resolved and recycle gas compressor was restarted to stop flaring. When the high pressure burner line overpressured, efforts were made to reduce the amount of gas sent to HPBL and increase gas amount taken by Enterg
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