Flint Hills Port Arthur reports LOU upset

OREANDA-NEWS. May 13, 2015. Flint Hills Resources reported an upset at a light olefins unit yesterday at its Port Arthur, Texas, facility, according to a filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Operators discovered a high pressure steam leak in the light olefins unit and shut it down. Process streams will be routed to the flare for destruction during the shutdown, outage and startup processes; flaring is expected to continue through 18 May.

The incident resulted in emissions of benzene, butanes, ethylene, propylene, styrene, toluene, and xylenes, among other materials.