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Shell Chemical East (26336), Norco

Releases of Oil

LDEQ Accident Number
Accident Date		 Point Source(s) Notes Amount of Release
157206

2014-07-01		OL-5 Unit
Cause: The Shell Chemical OL-5 Unit has two pyrofrac bottoms filters. A leak in two-inch piping adjacent to one of the two pyrofrac bottoms filter caused a spill of materials. The second filter was out of service for maintenance at the time of the leak.

Followup: Yes

Notes: Operations immediately completed maintenance on the out-of-service filter and returned it back to service in order to shutdown the pyrofrac bottoms filter that was adjacent to the leak. The leak stopped once this filter was taken out of service.