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ConocoPhillips, Lake Charles
LDEQ Incident Report
| Incident # | 78175 |
| State Police # | 05-02346 |
| Incident Date | 2005-04-12 |
| Report Date | 2005-04-19 |
| Follow-up Date | 0000-00-00 |
| Follow-up: | No |
Pollutants Released
| Pollutant | Duration | Point Source | Greenhouse Gas | Criteria Pollutant | Ozone forming chemical | Amount of Release |
| Hydrocarbon | 72 hrs 0m | Y-2 Cooling Tower (Ep-152) | NO | NO | YES | 2,930.0 pounds |
Cause of Problem: Equipment Failure
The release occurred over a 3 day period due to leaking exchangers. The exchangers are in CatPoly depropanizer overhead service.
Discharge Preventable - No
Notes/Remedial Actions
Once the leaking exchangers were pinpointed through sampling efforts, the Depropanizer Tower was shutdown and blocked in to stop the leak and make repairs to the exchangers. The incident was found to be unpreventable as the leas was not foreseen (a rou
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