LA Bucket Brigade : Refinery Accident Database

Phillips 66 (2538), Lake Charles

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Year	Number of Incident Reports				Number of Pollutants	Amount of Pollutants		Citizen Complaints
Year	Reportable Quantities Released	Below Reportable Quantities Released	No Information Given	Total	Number of Pollutants	pounds	gallons	Citizen Complaints
2005	1	0	82	83	44	205,214	361,593	3
2006	0	0	35	35	6	93,463	0	0
2007	0	0	52	52	23	91,807	8,482	0
2008	0	0	40	40	18	27,003	1,853	0
2009	0	0	33	33	16	6,882	1,068	1
2010	0	0	20	20	16	8,866	168,026	2
2011	0	2	10	12	14	939	17,440	0
2012	5	6	4	15	10	9,264	1,023	0
2013	2	6	9	17	19	15,051	307	0
Total	8	14	285	307	84	458,489	559,792	6

Pollution Summary

Year	Greenhouse Gases	Criteria Pollutants	Ozone Forming Chemicals
Year	Greenhouse Gases	Criteria Pollutants	pounds	gallons
2005	0	86,193	119,141	0
2006	0	76,362	8,523	0
2007	0	82,354	8,368	4,372
2008	0	22,799	3,139	294
2009	0	2,869	3,987	697
2010	0	3,451	0	349
2011	0	0	939	220
2012	0	3,823	5,441	843
2013	0	268	13,598	147
Total	0	278,119	163,136	6,922

By causal factor

Causal Factor	Number of Accident Reports
Causal Factor	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total
Corrosion	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	7
Corrosion	71,245 lb		384 lb						234 gal	71,629 lb 384 gal
Equipment Failure	20	3	10	5	4	3	1	2	4	55
Equipment Failure	100,384 lb	49,237 lb	65,649 lb	1,576 lb	1,707 lb	5,665 lb		2,623 lb	13,882 lb	244,964 lb 369 gal
Human Factors	5	2	5	3	1	2	1	4	1	24
Human Factors	550 lb	2,209 lb	117 lb	1,346 lb	42 gal	64 gal	635 lb	5,441 lb	10 gal	10,298 lb 5,782 gal
Instrument Failure	5	3	5	1	1	0	2	1	0	18
Instrument Failure	21,884 lb	116 lb	5,308 lb		100 gal		18 lb			27,326 lb 18,706 gal
Leak	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Leak										BRQ
Maintenance/Procedures	21	7	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	35
Maintenance/Procedures	4,398 lb	119 lb	2,083 lb			164,571 gal		600 lb		7,218 lb 164,571 gal
No Information Given	9	3	10	1	6	1	0	0	4	34
No Information Given	7 lb	BRQ	1,820 lb	759 lb	490 lb				240 lb	3,316 lb 106,947 gal
Other	3	7	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	22
Other	244 lb	31,783 lb	409 lb	354 gal						32,436 lb 2,202 gal
Other - See text	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	6
Other - See text	336 gal								651 lb	651 lb 336 gal
Piping or Tubing	1	2	6	7	10	8	2	2	0	38
Piping or Tubing	800 lb	540 lb	5,902 lb	1,412 lb	3,523 lb	2,100 lb	286 lb	70 gal		14,563 lb 4,188 gal
Power Failure	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Power Failure										188 lb
Process Upset	2	1	2	1	1	3	0	1	0	13
Process Upset	25 lb	5,662 lb	456 lb	19,978 lb	716 lb	1,101 lb		600 lb		29,896 lb 5 gal
Seal or Gasket	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
Seal or Gasket			147 gal		237 gal					384 gal
Start Up, Shut Down	2	7	1	9	5	0	0	0	0	24
Start Up, Shut Down	1,044 lb	3,797 lb	8,881 lb	1,688 lb	446 lb					15,856 lb 151 gal
Under Investigation	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3
Under Investigation									278 lb	4,507 lb
Weather	11	0	4	5	2	2	3	3	1	31
Weather	4,633 lb		BRQ	504 gal	85 gal	420 gal	30 gal	778 gal		4,633 lb 255,918 gal

Pollution Summary by number of accident reports

Pollutant Released	Greenhouse Gas	Criteria Pollutant	Ozone Forming Chemical	Number of Accident Reports
Pollutant Released	Greenhouse Gas	Criteria Pollutant	Ozone Forming Chemical	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total
Sulfur Dioxide		X		43	31	20	13	8	5	1	5	3	135
Hydrogen Sulfide				4	14	5	10	3	2	2	0	3	45
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)			X	4	6	7	5	5	0	3	0	2	35
Diesel Fuel			X	3	0	2	2	3	3	1	3	1	18
Oil				3	0	3	4	6	0	0	1	0	17
Nitrogen Oxide		X	X	2	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Benzene			X	1	0	2	3	1	0	3	0	2	13
Gas Oil				1	0	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	9
Crude Oil				0	0	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	9
Hydrocarbon			X	3	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	8
Slop Oil				0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	6
Sulfuric Acid				1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	6
Kerosene			X	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	5
Carbon Monoxide		X		2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Sulfur Trioxide				1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Slurry Oil				2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Heavy Vacuum Gas Oil				0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
Gasoline			X	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3
Lubricating Oil				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3
Sheen				0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3
No Information Given				0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3
Resid				0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Oil (Sheen)				1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Sulfur Dioxide and Sulfur Trioxide		X		1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Naphthenic Crude			X	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Light Crude Cycle Oil			X	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Wastewater				0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
Sheen of Unknow Origin				0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2
Light Cycle Oil			X	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Creosote (Coal Tar)				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Xylene				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Mercaptan			X	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Vegetable Oil				0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sour Naphtha				0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sodium Hydrochlorite				0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Dirty Light Cycle Oil				0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Coke				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Ammonia				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Sludge				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Slurry				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Hydrogen Cyanide				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Hydraulic Oil				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Gas Mixture			X	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Oily wastewater and Bio Sludge				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Flammable Gas			X	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Acid				0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Natural Gas				0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Naphtha			X	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Propane/Propylene Mix				0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Hydrostatic Test Dye				0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Firewater				0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Black Smoke				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ethane			X	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Butane			X	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Mica				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Hydrogen and Water				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mold				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Pollen				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Cellulose Processed				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Cellulose Natural				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Paper Fragments				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Unidentified Inert Organics				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Organic Material (Oil + Carbohydrates)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Rust				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Paint Fragments				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Quartz				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Calcite				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Gypsum				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Clay				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Reformate				0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Halite				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Unidentified Organics				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Hydrocarbon Gas, Hydrogen Sulfide, and Sulfur Dioxide				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sweep Gas				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Possible Release of Sulfur Dioxide and Sulfur Trioxide				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Light Paraffin				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Spent Acid				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ethylene			X	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Raw Crude				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Heavy Premium Coker Gas Oil				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Vacuum Resid				0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Coke Waste				0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ballast Water				0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Nitric Oxide		X		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
All Releases	0	5	17	83	35	52	40	33	20	12	15	17	307

Pollution Summary by amount released

Pollutant Released	Greenhouse Gas	Criteria Pollutant	Ozone Forming Chemical	Units	Amount of Release
Pollutant Released	Greenhouse Gas	Criteria Pollutant	Ozone Forming Chemical	Units	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total
Sulfur Dioxide		X		pounds	85,928	75,623	79,017	23,043	2,799	3,451	0	3,823	268	279,739
Slurry Oil				gallons	254,100	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	0	254,209
Natural Gas				gallons	0	0	0	0	0	164,571	0	0	0	164,571
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)			X	pounds	115,121	7,784	7,985	3,118	3,511	0	939	0	7,753	150,236
Raw Crude				gallons	106,176	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	106,176
Crude Oil				gallons	0	0	6	128	10	0	17,220	35	150	17,549
Hydrogen Sulfide				pounds	100	9,317	491	821	11	1,050	0	0	8	11,797
Diesel Fuel			X	gallons	0	0	4,220	84	252	273	64	843	84	5,820
Gasoline			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,800	5,800
Flammable Gas			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,441	0	5,441
Propane/Propylene Mix				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	4,365	0	0	0	4,365
Carbon Monoxide		X		pounds	0	0	3,493	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,493
Hydrocarbon			X	pounds	3,473	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,473
Heavy Vacuum Gas Oil				gallons	0	0	210	30	0	2,562	0	0	0	2,802
Gas Oil				gallons	0	0	2,021	0	100	64	0	35	0	2,220
Oil				gallons	85	0	1,722	294	45	0	0	5	0	2,151
Nitrogen Oxide		X	X	pounds	220	739	239	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,198
Slop Oil				gallons	0	0	0	488	63	420	0	0	0	971
Sulfur Dioxide		X		gallons	768	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	768
Hydrogen Cyanide				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	641	641
Kerosene			X	gallons	0	0	0	0	420	76	63	0	0	559
Xylene				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	285	482
Butane			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	475	0	0	0	0	475
Nitric Oxide		X		pounds	0	0	403	0	0	0	0	0	0	403
Lubricating Oil				gallons	336	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	346
Benzene			X	pounds	57	0	144	21	1	0	0	0	45	293
Ethylene			X	pounds	269	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	269
Sludge				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	240	240
Hydrocarbon			X	gallons	0	0	0	210	0	0	0	0	0	210
Dirty Light Cycle Oil				gallons	0	0	0	210	0	0	0	0	0	210
Sour Naphtha				gallons	0	0	0	210	0	0	0	0	0	210
Sulfuric Acid				gallons	0	0	0	30	153	0	0	0	0	183
Light Crude Cycle Oil			X	gallons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	150
Resid				gallons	0	0	84	60	0	0	0	0	0	144
Light Paraffin				gallons	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	126
Sulfur Dioxide and Sulfur Trioxide		X		pounds	45	0	0	0	70	0	0	0	0	115
Light Cycle Oil			X	gallons	0	0	84	0	0	0	30	0	0	114
Oily wastewater and Bio Sludge				gallons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	100
Naphthenic Crude			X	gallons	0	0	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	68
Reformate				gallons	0	0	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	67
Naphtha			X	gallons	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	0	0	63
Gas Mixture			X	gallons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	63
Sodium Hydrochlorite				gallons	0	0	0	0	0	60	0	0	0	60
Coke Waste				pounds	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	35
Gasoline			X	gallons	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	25
Sulfuric Acid				pounds	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	15
Hydraulic Oil				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
Coke				gallons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
Ammonia				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Spent Acid				gallons	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Kerosene			X	pounds	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Slurry				gallons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sheen of Unknow Origin				BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	BRQ	0
Hydrogen and Water				BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oil (Sheen)				gallons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hydrocarbon			X	BRQ	BRQ	0	0	BRQ	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0
Sulfur Dioxide		X		BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	0
Sulfur Trioxide				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mold				gallons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pollen				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cellulose Processed				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cellulose Natural				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paper Fragments				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unidentified Inert Organics				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Organic Material (Oil + Carbohydrates)				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rust				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paint Fragments				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quartz				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Calcite				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gypsum				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clay				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mica				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Halite				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unidentified Organics				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oil				BRQ	BRQ	0	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0
Hydrocarbon Gas, Hydrogen Sulfide, and Sulfur Dioxide				BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sweep Gas				BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Possible Release of Sulfur Dioxide and Sulfur Trioxide				BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carbon Monoxide		X		BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Diesel Fuel			X	pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gas Oil				pounds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Black Smoke				BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Diesel Fuel			X	BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heavy Premium Coker Gas Oil				gallons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nitrogen Oxide		X	X	BRQ	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sulfur Trioxide				BRQ	0	BRQ	BRQ	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0
Vacuum Resid				gallons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ballast Water				gallons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wastewater				BRQ	0	0	BRQ	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0
Crude Oil				BRQ	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)			X	BRQ	0	0	BRQ	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0
Gasoline			X	BRQ	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hydrogen Sulfide				BRQ	0	0	0	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	0	BRQ	0
Vegetable Oil				BRQ	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mercaptan			X	BRQ	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0
No Information Given				BRQ	0	0	0	0	BRQ	BRQ	BRQ	0	0	0
Oil (Sheen)				BRQ	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0
Sulfuric Acid				BRQ	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0
Acid				BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0
Ethane			X	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0
Firewater				BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0
Hydrostatic Test Dye				BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	0	0	0
Sheen				BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0	BRQ	0
Creosote (Coal Tar)				BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	BRQ	0
Kerosene			X	BRQ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	BRQ	0

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Phillips 66 (2538), Lake Charles

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