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Accident # | 157155 |
State Police # | 14-02889 |
Accident Date | 2014-06-30 |
Report Date | 2014-07-02 |
Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
Follow-up: | No |
Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
1,3-Butadiene | 16h 1m | BD5 Unit | NO | NO | YES | BRQ |
Accident Classified As: Below Reportable Quantity (BRQ)
On 6/30/2014, Shell Chemical's BD5 Unit flared butadiene heavy ends (BDHE) at the OL5 Ground Flare (FG-101). Motiva Enterprises LLC's Naptha Hydrotreater (NHT) reduced its rates in order to complete a planned exchanger water wash and as a result stopped receiving BDHE from BD5. Flaring of BDHE during planned unit maintenance is a permitted activity.
Discharge occurred on Shell Chemical site in Shell owned ground flare as a result of maintenance on Motiva Enterprises LLC equipment (Maptha Hydrotreater Unit.
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