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Calumet Lubricants 8 (1214), Shreveport

Releases in 2008

LDEQ Accident Number
Accident Date
Point Source/Release CauseNotes
110875

2008-11-16
Point Source(s):
None Reported
Pollutant(s):
Cause of Problem: Maintenance/Procedures

in the middle of a turnover of #4 vac unit and # 4 crude unit; also cleaning those units
This information is provided on a citizen complaint via notes from a DEQ employee who followed up.
110467

2008-10-30
Point Source(s):
Tank Farm

Pollutant(s):
Sulfur Dioxide - 50 pounds
Hydrogen Sulfide - 50 pounds
Cause of Problem: Human Factors

: Sour water tank caught on fire while vac trucks were removing residual oil from an open manway. The truck engine ignited vapors which caused an explosion and fire. Calumet policy on truck entry into the dike wall was not followed.
Fire extinguished. Dark smoke from the refinery for two hours.
109224

2008-09-16
Point Source(s):
No information given

Pollutant(s):
Sulfur Dioxide - BRQ
Cause of Problem: Weather

STORM and Refinery is still having problems with the flare due to the power outage associated with Hurricane Ike
None detailed. Monitoring report says that SO2 is below reportable quantities, but isn't it the release - not air monitoring results - that should be categorized that way.
109029

2008-09-13
Point Source(s):
FL 2001 #3 Flare
vacuum truck loading area, flare line knock-out drum

Pollutant(s):
Sulfur Dioxide - 12,800 pounds
Hydrogen Sulfide - BRQ
Cause of Problem: Power Failure

Hurricane Ike blew down 2 power poles inside the refinery causing plant power failure. Both Sulfur Recovery Units (SRUs) were down and all acid gas was routed to the #3 flare. The boilers were also down and there was no steam on the flare. As a result the #3 flare opacity was greater than 20% for 2 hours. While in start-up, refinery operators noted that the flare pressure was higher than normal. The investigation revealed that the flare knock-out drums were full of liquid and the flare lines had liquid in them as well.
Power lines and poles were replaced In response to problems during start-up, contractors were immediately brought in to provide vacuum truck services, and the liquids removed from the knockout drums and flare lines was placed into Baker fractionation tanks. The Vacuum truck operations of removing the liquid from the flare line had the unfortunate result of creating odor problems within the refinery. Low levels of Hydrogen Sulfide were detected around the vacuum truck loading areas and at the three flare line knock-out drums. Calumet personnel monitored hydrogen sulfide levels within the refinery for industrial hygiene purposes. Liquids from the Sour Water Stripper were also found to be entering the flare lines, adn the sources of these liquids were identified and blinded off.
108311

2008-08-23
Point Source(s):
None Reported
Pollutant(s):
Cause of Problem: No Information Given

A shut down of the deisel hydrogen unit sent contents to the flare
Release was below reportable quantities.
108201

2008-08-19
Point Source(s):
None Reported
Pollutant(s):
Cause of Problem: Maintenance/Procedures

Deisel Hydrogen Unit shut down for maintenance . Caused the flare to smoke
Release was below reportable quantities.
107617

2008-07-30
Point Source(s):
Tank farm - east sump lift station

Pollutant(s):
Mixed Oil Products - 210 gallons
Cause of Problem: Equipment Failure

Pump failure and products overflowed from east sump lift station
Vacuum trucks, soil remediated, three pumps in the sump repaire
107039

2008-07-08
Point Source(s):
Tank 93

Pollutant(s):
Diesel Fuel - 4,200 gallons
Cause of Problem: Corrosion

Hole in the bottom of tank.
Vaccuum trucks and plans to remove soil to remediation slab.
106519`

2008-06-17
Point Source(s):
Tank 32

Pollutant(s):
Naphtha - 420 gallons
Cause of Problem: Human Factors

Tank overfilled
Vacuum truck and removal of the contaminated soil
105698

2008-05-16
Point Source(s):
Platformer

Pollutant(s):
Fuel - 28 pounds
Cause of Problem: Seal or Gasket

Premature gasket failure; top hot effluent change gasket failure resulting in fire in #1 platformer
Shut unit down and installed a new gasket. 5/21 field investigation
103413

2008-02-25
Point Source(s):
None Reported
Pollutant(s):
Cause of Problem: No Information Given

No information given
DEQ responded to a citizen complaint and said that the problem was the fire at the facility on 2/24. The report did not detail the date of the citizen complaint - was it 2/25 or 2/24? But the DEQ assigned the cause to the fire on the preceding day. There was no information as to why this assignation was made.
103364

2008-02-24
Point Source(s):
#4 Vac Unit

Pollutant(s):
Smoke - BRQ
Oil - 0 gallons
Cause of Problem: Piping or Tubing

A six inch pipe on the unit failed and spilled oil on the unit, resulting in fir
The plant shut down with material going to the flare. The report notes a lot of smoke but says airborn pollutants were below reportable quanitities.
102692 & 102679

2008-01-29
Point Source(s):
FL 2001 #3 Flare

Pollutant(s):
Sulfur Dioxide - 3,650 pounds
Cause of Problem: Other

Numerous units shut down
SRU and Boilers shut down. Also reporte with another incident number 102679
102481

2008-01-22
Point Source(s):
Pipeline

Pollutant(s):
Crude Oil - 84 gallons
Cause of Problem: Piping or Tubing

There was a vent valve open in the pipe rack. Oil fell on some heat tracing causing the oil to ignite
Closed valve; clean up soild and made sure other vent drain valves are plugges
102405

2008-01-17
Point Source(s):
Tank Farm

Pollutant(s):
Isomerate - 3,150 gallons
Cause of Problem: Human Factors

Operations overflowed T-31 via tank flame arrestors.
Stopped flow and brought in vacuum trucks. Removed affected soil to remediation slab. Cause was listed as unknown.
102122

2008-01-08
Point Source(s):
FL 2001 #3 Flare

Pollutant(s):
Sulfur Dioxide - 2,736 pounds
Hydrogen Sulfide - BRQ
Cause of Problem: Power Failure

Power outage on previous day caused motor windings to burn out on liquid pump on flare drum. The flare gas compressor shut down as a result.
This incident is linked to the previous day which is why the state police numbers are the same. The pump was replaced.
102158

2008-01-07
Point Source(s):
FL 2001 #3 Flare

Pollutant(s):
Sulfur Dioxide - 2,736 pounds
Cause of Problem: No Information Given

SRU and Flare gas compressor vented to the #3 Flare
None. See Verbal complaint from the same day. There are two different LDEQ incident report numbers. The other is 102121 generated by citizen complaint.
No LDEQ Number Available

2008-01-05
Point Source(s):
Tank Farm

Pollutant(s):
Isomerate - 30 gallons
Cause of Problem: Seal or Gasket

Pump seal failure on isomerate tank
Release was below reportable quantities. Used water and an ABC fire extinguisher to put out fire. Isolated pump from product.
102024

2008-01-03
Point Source(s):
Tail Gas Compressor

Pollutant(s):
Hydrogen - 56 pounds
Methane - 10 pounds
Ethane - 10 pounds
Propane - 10 pounds
Cause of Problem: Equipment Failure

Distance piece broke causing cylinder door to come off. A hole was created in the top of the casing. This caused immediate ignition of gases.
No remedial action. Release was below reportable quantities