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CITGO Petroleum (1250), Lake Charles

Releases of Sour Gas

LDEQ Accident Number
Accident Date		 Point Source(s) Notes Amount of Release
111528

2008-12-18		B-7 Flare
Cause: lifting of a pressure relief valve (PSV-235) in the C-4 Recovery Unit

Followup: No

Notes: COMMON INCIDENT - see also 08-07182
08-BB006-1401

2008-11-05		B-7 Flare
Cause: see notes

Followup: No

Notes: incident cause was the lifting of a relief valve on the C-4 Recovery Unit E1 tower.
110403

2008-10-27		B-5 flare
Cause: routine shutdown of the Coker 1 Uni

Followup: No

Notes: CITGO letter states that emissions were BRQ. No further information given regarding shutdown
103196

2008-02-19		Light cycle oil hydro treater
Cause: see notes

Followup: No

Notes: Leaking relief valve causes release
128156

2010-12-14		C4 E12 tower - flare
Cause: C4 unit, E12 depropanizer over-pressurized, and gas was sent to flare.

Followup: No

Notes: No information given
121339

2010-02-08		B-7 flare
Cause: recovery unit lost a compressor, had to flare sour gas hydrocarbons no detailed analysis of incident

Followup: No

Notes: release secured
147294

2013-03-13		Coker I JC-106
Cause: On March 13, 203 CITGO Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex had a flaring event involving the Coker 1 JC-106 compressor. The JC-106 compressor shut down requiring flaring of sour gas through the b5 flare. Hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide were mentioned in the LDEQ report.

Followup: No

Notes: The refinery letter stated that no reportable quantities had been exceeded, with no additional information on specific substances.