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Accident # | 119999 |
State Police # | 09-06654 |
Accident Date | 2009-12-09 |
Report Date | 2009-12-16 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
Sulfur Dioxide | 6.5 h | North Flare from #2 SRU Incinerator | NO | YES | NO | 10,800.0 pounds |
Accident Classified As:
Automatic safety shutdown of #2 SRU due to malfunction in the SRU main burner flame dectors. Caused flaring from the North flare.
RQ exceeded. Refinery followed operating procedures. Unit was re-started and Root Cause Analysis is on-going.
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