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CITGO Petroleum (1250), Lake Charles

LDEQ Accident Report

Accident #102797
State Police #08-00638
Accident Date2008-02-04
Report Date 2008-02-07
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
Flammable GasNo information givenPFU Flare CB701NONOYESBRQ

Accident Classified As:

Cause of Problem: Equipment Failure

pilot outage

Discharge Preventable -

Notes/Remedial Actions

At the time of the pilot outage - there was no process flow to the PFU Flare. The flow to the flare consisted of natural gas and sweep gas.