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LDEQ Accident Number Accident Date |
Point Source(s) | Notes | Amount of Release |
117771 2009-09-04 | flare | Cause: Crude unit upset resulted in intermittent flaring from 3 different process vessels. Followup: No Notes: Reduced rates and shutdown isomerzation and LRU unit to minimize flaring until flow rates could be stabilized. Same issue as the release on the previous day. | 18.6 pounds |
117731 2009-09-03 | flare | Cause: Crude unit upset caused flaring from 3 different process vessels. Followup: No Notes: Reduced rates and shutdown isomerzation and LRU unit to minimize flaring until flow rates could be stabilized. | 38.4 pounds |
149703 2013-07-15 | Tank 80-8 | Cause: Due to a power outage causing the emergency shutdown, light ends from Complex 1 were being diverted to Crude tank 80-8, causing oil to release out of the vent onto the floating roof through the roof drain and out onto the tank farm. Followup: No Notes: Diverted roof drain to sump and deployed absorbent boom. | 1.4 pounds |
154265 2014-03-04 | FCCU | Cause: On March 4, 2014, there was an air release caused by a flare flame-out at the ALON Krotz Springs Refinery. The release was caused by a loss of the FCCU flare flame for 6 minutes during the shutdown of Complex II/FCCU due to freezing conditions. Caused unburnt gas to be released to the atmosphere for 6 minutes. Followup: No Notes: Re-lit flare LDEQ incident report states that 7-day notification was received on March 13, 2014. Document did not exist in EDMS search. | 0.0 pounds |
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