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Phillips 66 (2538), Lake Charles
Causal Factor: Maintenance/Procedures
| LDEQ Accident Number Accident Date |
Point Source(s) | Notes | Amount of Release |
| 84402 2005-12-08 | FLARE-South Flare Gas Compressor | Cause: South Flare Gas Compressor shut down due to maintenance Followup: Yes Notes: This report serves as the follow up to the telephone notification of the incident which occurred on December 8th. | Sulfur Dioxide: 55.0 pounds |
| 84367 2005-12-07 | FLARE (Area A, South Flare) | Cause: South Flare Has Recovery Compressors shut down due to planned maintenance. Followup: No Notes: Emissions didn't exceed permit limits, and no reportable quantities were exceeded, notice as courtesy only. | Sulfur Dioxide: 53.0 pounds |
| 84284 2005-12-03 | FLARE (Area B South Flare EP-31) | Cause: South Flare Gas recovery Compressor was shutdown to perform relief valve maintenance. Followup: No Notes: No excess emissions above permit limits, and no reportable quantities were exceeded, therefore the notification was made as courtesy only. | Sulfur Dioxide: 650.0 pounds |
| 83719 2005-11-08 | V-203 B-Line | Cause: Release of elythene from the polyetylene process. A vent on V-203 B-Line high pressure separator opened while changing the UPS battery source for the vent's solenoid valve. The vent was manually closed. Followup: No Notes: Incident not reportable because the amount of ethylene didn't exceed the 1000 pound reportable quantity for a flammable gas. Notification as courtesy only. | Ethylene: 269.0 pounds |
| 81485 2005-08-19 | FLARE (South Flare EP-31) | Cause: The incident involved a release of Sulfur Dioxide from he SOuth Flare due to a shutdown of the SOuth Flare Gas Recovery System for scheduled relief valve maintenance on a vessel. Upon completion of the work, the SFGR System was r Followup: No Notes: Upon completion of the work, the SFGR system was returned to normal operation and the release ended. Letter stated that there were no excess emissions above permit limits, and no reportable quantities were exceeded. Notification made as a courtesy onl | Sulfur Dioxide: 430.0 pounds |
| 81422 2005-08-18 | FLARE (South Flare EP-31) | Cause: The incident involved a release of sulfur dioxide due to a shutdown of the South Flare Gas Recovery System for a scheduled relief valve maintenance on a vessel. Followup: No Notes: Upon completion of the work, the SFGR system was returned to normal operation and the release ended. Letter stated that there were no excess emissions above permit limits, and no reportable quantities were exceeded. Notification made as a courtesy onl | Sulfur Dioxide: 440.0 pounds |
| No LDEQ Reported 2005-06-23 | No. 1 Dock West Sump | Cause: Oily water mixture blew out the West Sump while cleaning the No. 1 West load to offload kero to Sasol. The oily water came out of the North Sump Pump hole which was covered with a piece of ply board. The pump is out for repair. W Followup: No Notes: Kerosene spilled into the Cloney Loop of the Calcasieu River and caused light sheen. Absorber pad was put ninth he water to pick up any oil. Shut off the N2 valve to the load arm. | Kerosene: 1.0 pounds |
| 79400 2005-05-27 | FLARE (South Flare EP-31) | Cause: released caused due to shutdown of the SOuth Flare Gas recovery System in order to replace C-1431 compressor. Followup: No Notes: As soon as work was completed, the system was restarted and the release ended. According to the company, emissions didn't exceed the permit limits and no reportable quantities were exceeded. Notice made as courtesy. | |
| 77768 2005-05-23 | None Reported | Cause: planned event to flare sulfur dioxide as part of an ongoing maintenance program for removal or relief valves and installation of blinds for the FCC Unit turnaround. Followup: No Notes: Upon completion of work , the SFGR compressors were restarted and the release ended. The permitted emission limits were not exceeded and the notification as made as a courtesy only. | |
| 79166 2005-05-18 | FLARE (South Flare EP-31) | Cause: Incident occurred due to shutdown of the South Flare Gas recovery System. Followup: No Information Provided Notes: Emissions didn't exceed permit limits and no reportable quantities exceeded, therefore notice only as courtesy. | Sulfur Dioxide: 296.0 pounds |
| 78649 2005-04-29 | FLARE (South Flare EP-31) | Cause: Shutdown of the south flare gas recovery system in order to perform relief valve maintenance. Followup: No Information Provided Notes: No reportable quantities were exceeded, therefore notice only as courtes | |
| No LDEQ Reported 2005-04-26 | Flange | Cause: While pressure testing line at Dock 2 per Coast Guard Regulations, flange leaked less than 1 quart of light cycle oil into water, which was contained inside the boom. Followup: No Notes: Oil was released into Calcasieu River. Double check flanges for tightness prior to pressure test. | |
| 78278 2005-04-15 | FLARE (South Flare EP-31) | Cause: Release occurred in relation of startup of the Product Fractionation unit. The South Flare Gas Recovery system was shutdown to remove blinds in the Product Frac area for startup. Followup: No Information Provided Notes: Emissions were w/in permitted limits, therefore notification as courtesy onl | |
| 782778 2005-04-14 | None Reported | Cause: South flare gas recovery was shutdown to remove blinds in the product franc area for start up. Followup: No Information Provided Notes: The incident involved the release was w/in permitted limits, notification as courtesy. | |
| 77846 2005-03-28 | FLARE (North Flare) | Cause: planned and controlled release associated with turnaround maintenance on the South Flare. The gas normally routed to the S Flare was transferred to the North Flare during the maintenance period. Followup: No Notes: No emission excesses therefore the notification was as courtesy. | See Above |
| 77838 2005-03-24 | FLARE (South Flare EP-31) | Cause: planned outage of the SFGR compressors for removal of RV's and installation of blinds associated with FCC T/A Followup: No Notes: Plan to restart compressor. No excess emissions above permit limits, therefore notification only as courtesy. | Sulfur Dioxide: 74.0 pounds |
| 77792 2005-03-23 | FLARE (South Flare Ep-31, Area B) | Cause: Shutdown SFGR Compressors for removal of RV'S and installation of blinds associated with the FCC T/A. Followup: No Notes: Plan to start compressors. No excess emissions above permit limits, therefore notification only as courtesy. | Sulfur Dioxide: 233.0 pounds |
| 77719 2005-03-21 | FLARE (South Flare EP-31) | Cause: SFGR compressor shutdown from high pressure, due to FCC steaming and No 2 Coker going to blowdown early due to hitting a 94% source (drum level). Undetermined if Area A or B will be the one to calculate the volume of emissions. Followup: No Notes: Better coordination between areas when steaming equipment during T/A. Ensure coordination of high steam-out activity with coker drum switches. No excess emissions above permit limits, therefore notification only as courtesy. | Sulfur Dioxide: 74.0 pounds |
| 77636 2005-03-16 | FLARE (South Flare EP-31) | Cause: release for sulfur dioxide due to shutdown of the south flare gas recovery (SFGR) system to allow the FCC Unit to remove a relief valve onto he flare line and install a block valve for turnaround work. Shut down increased the amoun Followup: No Notes: Refinery said the incident was not preventable because it was necessary for unit turnaround maintenance. No permit limits were exceeded during the event and the notification was made as courtesy. | Sulfur Dioxide: 902.0 pounds |
| 77768 2005-02-24 | FLARE (South Flare EP-31) | Cause: planned outage of the SFGR compressors for removal of RV's and installation blinds associated with the FCC T/A. Followup: No Notes: Planned maintenance. No excess emissions above permit limits, therefore notification only as courtesy. | Sulfur Dioxide: 438.0 pounds Sulfur Dioxide: 438.0 pounds |
| 76968 2005-02-16 | No. 10 HDS | Cause: Iron sulfide exposure to oxygen. Followup: No Notes: Maintenance procedures will be updated to ensure filter elements remain soaked in water until the maintenance crew is ready to remove them. No excess emissions above reportable quantity, therefore the notification was made as a courtesy. | Sulfur Dioxide and Sulfur Trioxide: 45.0 pounds |
| 88848 2006-06-24 | Area B - South Flare (EP-31) | Cause: Planned maintenance to reinstall RV on #1 Amine Regeneration Unit (ARU) required shutdown of the South Flare Gas Recovery system. Followup: No Information Provided Notes: South Flare Gas Recovery Compressor was restarted following completion of work. HAZMAT #06-03981 | Sulfur Dioxide: 1.0 pounds |
| 88648 2006-06-16 | Area A - Other | Cause: SFGR Compressor was shutdown to perform relief valve work. Followup: No Information Provided Notes: None needed since exceedance did not occur HAZMAT # 06-038 | Sulfur Dioxide: 15.0 pounds |
| 88503 2006-06-12 | Area B - South Flare (EP-31) | Cause: The South Flare Recovery Compressor was shutdown to perform relief valve inspection work. Followup: No Information Provided Notes: Once inspection was complete, compressor was put back in service. HAZMAT# | Hydrogen Sulfide: 1.0 pounds Sulfur Dioxide: 46.0 pounds |
| 86572 2006-03-18 | Area B- South Flare (EP31) | Cause: Emissions occurred when the SFGR compressor system was shut down to install relief valves. Followup: No Information Provided Notes: South Flare Caustic Scrubber was in service during this outage. HAZMAT# | less than 1 less than 1 less than 1 |
| 86430 2006-03-13 | Area B- South Flare (EP31) | Cause: -The SFGR compressor was shut down to facilitate the installation of the RV for W-10. Followup: No Information Provided Notes: Once work completed, the SFGR compressor will be started up. In the future, STL's must plan around routine operations. HAZMA | |
| 86076 2006-02-27 | Area B -South Flare (EP31) | Cause: South Flare Gas Recover compressor was shutdown to facilitate flare work on W-10. Followup: No Information Provided Notes: Work is planned to minimize duration of compressor outage thus minimizing quantity of pollutants releases. HAZMAT #06-01195 | Sulfur Dioxide: 55.0 pounds Hydrogen Sulfide: 1.0 pounds |
| 86019 2006-02-23 | Area B- South Flare (EP31) | Cause: The suction pressure on the SFGR compressors dropped below the low-low suction pressure trip point and shutdown the compressor that was running. The suction pressure dropped due to commissioning activites or the South Flare caustic scrubber project. Followup: No Information Provided Notes: Compressor restarted. Troubleshooting performed subsequent to the event reveled that the caustic scrubber level was not sufficient to hold enough backpressure or the recovery compressor suction. The level instrumentation will be revised to prevent reoccurence of this event. HAZMAT #06-01120 | |
| 100021 2007-10-07 | South Flare | Cause: unit shut down for flare header maintenance Followup: No Notes: Restablished level in South Flare scrubber and restarted South Flare Gas Recovery Compressor | Sulfur Dioxide: 2,083.0 pounds |
| 118896 2009-10-21 | No information given | Cause: SO2 emissions were elevated due to units being shut down in preparation of a turnaround. Followup: No Notes: No information given | |
| 124771 2010-07-12 | Valve Stem-Natural Gas | Cause: There was a controlled blow down for pipeline maintenance. Followup: No Notes: No corrective action taken. There is no LDEQ report and no SPOC report attached to the file | Natural Gas: 164,571.0 gallons |
| 144819 2012-11-20 | NIG | Cause: There is construction going on and a creosote sheen appeared on the water as a result. Followup: No Notes: There was construction going on and a creosote sheen appeared on the water as a result. On 11/20/12, at 1:46 pm, a self reported incident was called in by Charles Curet with Phillips 66 about a sheen discovered at the facility's dock located in Clooney Loop of the Calcasieu Rover. Work was being done at the doc and creosote pilings were being removed. The facility anticipated sheen being emitted from the pilings upon removal and had contacted the USCG prior to the start-up of this project. USCG MST 2 Meritt had instructed the facility to make an initial report the first time sheen was produced, but not to worry about reporting any additional sheening created by this project as long as it was contained. On 11/26/12, they confirmed the reporting strategy given to the facility and stated that the area is and will remain contained with boom, and ES&H is and will remain at the scene until the project is completed (approximately 3 weeks) ES&H used absorbent pads to remove sheen from the water. Material went offsite and was released to surface water. No off-site protectice action was taken. | |
| No LDEQ Reported 2012-02-16 | Cause: TDC was preparing a line for maintenance by isolating and purging it, and during this maintenance activity, TDC sent a high concentration of hydrogen sulfide containing gas to the South Flare System.
Sudden spikes in flow from the third party NASH plant of a stream with high hydrogen sulfide concentration and sufficient flow overwhelmed the capacity of the South Flare Caustic Scrubber to adequately treat the material. Followup: Notes: The flow of high hydrogen sulfide gas to the system from a third party was enough to overwhelm the caustic scrubber system. Fresh caustic solution and water were added to the South flare scrubber during the event to keep the scrubber as effective as possible. | Sulfur Dioxide: 600.0 pounds | |
| 147429 2013-03-20 | Cause: Sheen observed in Bayou Verdine. Stated that work is being conducted under the guidance of Bayou Verdine Removal Action Consent Decree; this was an anticipated sheen that is generated from the debris removal operations. Followup: No Notes: The sheen was contained and cleaned up by on-site personnel. SPOC states that sheen was less than 100 square feet with unknown color. | ||
| 155612 2014-04-27 | API Flare | Cause: Refinery had a flare go out. Facility personnel stated that the flare had been going out because of the wastewater treatment plant being "revamped". The wind also contributed to this incident. The flare was out between 2:39 AM and 4:21 AM. Followup: No Notes: | Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs): 18.0 pounds |
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