SUCO Incident Investigation Serial Number: 13 / 2006 HSE Cairo Reference Number:

Description of Incident Losses (Circle all relevant): Injury - Health - Environment - Process loss Damage - Other

Date: 21/04/2006 Time: 10;00 AM Duration: days Staff Involved: Gas plant Description of Actual Losses:

Description of Event:
- LPG = 40 Tons X 250 $
On 21/04/2006 a sudden decrease of tail gas feed from AGIBA side which led - Cond. = 150 BBLS X 60 $
to tail gas comp. to operate in surge mode and the anti-surge control valve
can not Total. = 19000 $
Area
functioning properly due to sudden decrease in the feed gas immediately
Authority stopped
the tail gas comp. TR/2 due to the following reasons :-
1. Gas leak from 2nd stage comp. end flange.
2. Gas leak from the buffer gas flange on the 2nd stage comp.
3. Unavailability of sufficient tail gas feed.
Losses Category: M

Actual: M Potential: HIGH

Investigation

List Immediate Causes: List Basic Causes :

Operate in surge mode continuously. In sufficient tail gas feed, gas leak
from 2nd stage
end flange and buffer gas flange.
Unsafe working conditions.
Corrective Actions for Immediate Causes

Area Number Action : Person : Completion Date : Completed?

Authority
Sufficient flow in steady state.

Quality feed ( mol. Weight not less than 40) .

Area Authority Name: Adel A. El-Rahman Signature: Date: 26/04/2006

Mostafa Hezo

Corrective Actions for Basic Causes

Number Action Person Completion date Completed?

The comp. with sufficient quantity and quality

HSE feed gas.the comp. in safe conditions.

Operate

HSE Name: Taha Mabrouk Signature: Date: 26/04/2006

Field/Division Name: Khaled Gazer Signature: Date: 26/04/2006

Manager

Reporting Guidelines

Accident/Incident Scale Injury Property Damage/ Environmental Reporting

Major or High Potential
Accident or Incident
Process Loss
Fatality More than $50000 Long term (>2 year) damage and poor potential for Immediate Report verbally to MDs.
Broken Bones recovery to normal state and costing more than
Disabling Injuries $50000 in direct loss or clean up costs. A/I written report faxed to MDs/O-1/HSE
Invoke major emergency plan. within 1 day.

Serious or Potential Serious LTIs, Strains, $5000 to $50000 Leads to immediate environmental damage A/I written report faxed to MDs/O-1/HSE
Accident or Incident MTCs lasting for up to 2 years and costing $5000 to within 1 day.
Serious Cuts $50000 in immediate clean up or control costs.
Non-compliance with legal requirement.

Minor Accident or Incident Small cuts self treated Less than $5000 Monitoring or clean up costs less than $5000 A/I written report sent to O-1/HSE within
Accident-W.
without Lost Time 3 days