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CITGO Petroleum (1250), Lake Charles

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #91796
State Police #06-06774
Accident Date2006-11-01
Report Date 2006-11-13
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
Hydrogen Sulfide17 h 48 mB-11 FlareNONONO868.0 pounds

Accident Classified As:

Cause of Problem: Equipment Failure

a malfunction in repair activities caused a momentary voltage dip which resulted in a fail-safe protection shutting down the process units and Coker 1

Discharge Preventable - Yes

Notes/Remedial Actions

Units were shut down