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Motiva Enterprises (1406), Norco
LDEQ Accident Report
| Accident # | 91490 |
| State Police # | 06-06521 |
| Accident Date | 2006-10-18 |
| Report Date | 2006-10-25 |
| Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
| Follow-up: | No |
Pollutants Released
| Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
| Nitrogen Oxide | West Ops Ground Flare (EPN# 9-84) | NO | YES | YES | 33.0 pounds | |
| Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) | West Ops Ground Flare (EPN# 9-84) | NO | NO | YES | 82.0 pounds | |
| Toluene | West Ops Ground Flare (EPN# 9-84) | NO | NO | NO | ||
| Sulfur Dioxide | West Ops Ground Flare (EPN# 9-84) | NO | YES | NO | 3.0 pounds | |
| Benzene | West Ops Ground Flare (EPN# 9-84) | NO | NO | YES | 2.3 pounds | |
| 1,3-Butadiene | West Ops Ground Flare (EPN# 9-84) | NO | NO | YES | 6.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As: Below Reportable Quantity (BRQ)
Cause of Problem: Piping or Tubing
Shell Chemical's Boiler #7 shutdown unexpectedly due to a tube failure. As a result, several production units has to shutdown to safely stabilize the steam system. The Shell Chemical GO-1 Process Unit had to shutdown the process gas compressor as a result of the boiler shutdown. The shutdown of the process gas compressor resulted in flaring at the Motiva West Operations Ground Flare.
Discharge Preventable - No
The incident was not preventable by Motiva Enterprises, LLC.
Notes/Remedial Actions
Process gases were flared a the West Operation Ground Glare at Motiva until the GO-1 compressor at Shell Chemical was restarted and the processes under control.
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