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Phillips 66 (2538), Lake Charles
Causal Factor: Corrosion
| LDEQ Accident Number Accident Date |
Point Source(s) | Notes | Amount of Release |
| 83596 2005-11-01 | Release | Cause: corrosive liquid in vessed of the de-ethanizer boiler Followup: Yes Notes: report serves as follow up to incident on November 1st. Reboiler was repaired and de-ethanizer was put back in service. | Sulfur Dioxide: 245.0 pounds |
| 80473 2005-07-12 | Y-5 Cooling Tower (Ep-153) | Cause: Incident due to leaking exchanger. Followup: No Information Provided Notes: Upon discovery, facility called an environmental contractor to conduct air monitoring and identified and isolated from the process by switching to an alternate exchanger train. Report stated that incident was preventable. However, based on additional | Volatile Organic Compounds: 71,000.0 pounds |
| 97796 2007-07-12 | Y-4 Cooling Tower | Cause: Exchanger X-3281 in the #7 HDS Unit failed Followup: No Notes: cooling tower side of the exchanger was isolated form the cooling tower water system to stop the release. | Hydrogen Sulfide: 384.0 pounds |
| 111500 2007-07-05 | Area D potassium hydroxide treater sump | Cause: sump lid had several holes due to corrosion which resulted in release of mercaptans Followup: No Notes: CITIZEN COMPLAINT - Strong chemical odor, irritates eyes and thro | |
| 151828 2013-10-23 | Abandoned P66 pipeline | Cause: On October 10, a leak was discovered on an abandoned P66 pipeline, which was actually abandoned in the 1970s. It was determined that the leak was caused by external corrosion. Followup: No Notes: Leak was identified on abandoned 20" Phillips 66 pipeline that ran in the same ROW area at 04:30 on 10/25/2013. Clamp was installed on that pipe to stop leak at 10:00 the same day. All contaminated soil has been excavated and stored in a covered roll-off box. Samples were taken and analyzed for TPH 1005 & 1006, BTEX, GRO, and DRO. A vacuum truck was used to pump out the abandoned pipeline in order to expose the other capped end of the abandoned pipeline, and then secured both ends. The excavations will be backfilled with clean imported fill. Impacted soils will be properly disposed. To prevent recurrence, the pipeline was completely purged and capped. | Crude Oil: 149.5 gallons |
| 148896 2013-05-28 | Common line between T-340 and T-342 | Cause: Refinery personnel discovered a leak in piping connected to Tank-340 in the Area D Tank Farm which contained finished diesel.
Internal corrosion led to a hole in the piping. Followup: No Notes: After the discovery, the leak was depressured, isolated, and clamped. Remediation was done immediately. Diesel was recovered and contaminate soil was removed. The leaking section of pipe was blinded and then removed. | Diesel Fuel: 84.0 gallons |
| 154847 2014-03-28 | Tank farm T-89 | Cause: Incident occurred in Area D, emission point source T-89. A leak was discovered in a 10-inch transfer line inside the T-89 dike wall. Small surface-area leak identified under the insulation. Isolated the leaking line, contacted ES&H responders for remediation assistance. Leak caused by corrosion. Followup: No Notes: ES&H were contacted, and a container was brought to the scene to catch the leaking Light Crude Oil (LCO) from transfer line. Line was nitrogen-purged to T-83 (150bbls) and then depressurized to T-60. LCO in dike wall was transferred to vacuum truck. | Light Crude Cycle Oil: 150.0 gallons |
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