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Calumet Lubricants 8 (1214), Shreveport

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #153374
State Police #14-00234
Accident Date2014-01-14
Report Date 2014-01-15
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
Sulfur Dioxide2hSRU / Boilers, heater stacks facility-wideNOYESNO953.0 pounds

Accident Classified As: Reportable Quantity

Cause of Problem: Process Upset

Loss of SRU's and Boilers resulted in high sulfur content of refinery fuel gas. Field interview form states taht "sulfur dioxide release due to boilers shut down in the morning, causing sulfur to build up in the refinery fuel gas and release to atmosphere through all heater stacks facility-wide."

Discharge Preventable - No

Loss of SRU's coupled with boiler shutdown caused carryover of sulfur into refinery fuel gas system.

Notes/Remedial Actions

Facility circulated refinery units to reduce sulfur load as an immediate corrective action taken. There is no specific remedial action planned to prevent recurrence. Facility did not include process units, though form asks which emission points were involved in the accident. A field interview form (FIF) and site visit was completed on 1/14/2014. FIF states that there was a concentration of 1920 ppm H2S during the incident.