PROCESS UPSET REPORTING Date of event:

Time of event:
PUR No.

EVENT MAIN DATA

Plant causing upset: CAUSE: TRIP EFFECT:
Location PORT SAID Design ESD
Unit Unit 1 Equipment Failure PSD ✘
Level 3 Gas Feed Quantity Operational Problems USD
Tag Trip Human Error NO TRIP
Planned Work Restricted Operation
Other ✘

UPSET TYPE:
Level1 Unplanned
Level2 Equipment outage
Level3 Reduced Processed feed

Event Downtime Propane (ton) LPG (ton)

26.5 hrs Production Loss
Duration (hrs) 157.10 102.90
Event description and most likely causes
Description of Event

PETROBEL Plant had sudden shutdown at 08:08 PM accordingly ramped down the load of both gas turbines 40-GG-01A/B till
speed where 40-K-01A tripped at the idle speed and could't restart it till the next day at 10:35 PM due to abnormal problem o
existing extra low pressure at the vent of dry gas seal of compressor drive end.

Actions already taken prior to restart

- The two Siemens units are put on recycle mode while 40-K-01A tripped. 
- During this upset conditions,  Ha’py feed gas was diverted to NG.
- Started to just re-pressurzie the plant through Ha'py feed gas and ensure all equipment are running safely.
- PTB restarted back at 09:43 PM while couldn't restart 40-K-01A until the next day at 10:35 PM.

Initial thought

PTB S/D resulted in cutting the plant feed gas from PTB . So both of residue gas compressors which were running with
the same speed caused a dramatic decrease in plant upstream pressure.
Stopped inlet pressure fast decrease by unloading both turbines while 40-K-01A tripped suddenly.

Information available

The plant upstream pressure before upset was 63 barg while PSLL for plant inlet 01-PSLL-08 & 01-PSLL-05 are set at 55 barg.
These settings 55 barg of pressure switches are based on original design of plant operating conditions at 70 barg (Design pressu
barg).
Currently, due to the quick rate depletion of up-streamers’ wells, restrictions of their turbines, and their fight to keep highest po
production rates of natural gas, our operating pressure had been forced to be reduced from 70 to 63.5 barg, currently, in order
highest possible received feed gas rate from upstream plants to maximize NGL plant production.
SOR for changing the PSLL setting was issued.
Both of siemens unit are controlled from LER 2 not from the main control room. This resulted in the time delay between the su
flow cut and reducing both gas turbines speed.
Inspite of above illustrated narrow margin, we unloaded the turbines load successfully before activating the PSLL.

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Most likely causes

Assessment of causes by On Site investigation

Was there/ could there been advanced warning

The cut flow occurs suddenly without any warning.

Override required Yes No Override approved Yes No Equipment Tag No.

Override requested Yes No Override applied Yes No
RECOMMENDATIONS
Actions to prevent reoccurrence of this Action owner Target date Action type Priority
event
Study decreasing 01-PSLL-08 & 01-PSLL-05
set points to avail a reasonable time for
Inst. OPS / Tech. Ongoing
controlling the plant during feed flow cut .
(SOR was issued already )

Study to avail Siemens unit speed control

OPS / Tech.
in C/R

Study to modify the plant SD philosophy in

order to put Siemens units on recycle mode Mech. OPS
in case of plant feed cut.

PUR SIGNATURES
Date Name Comments
PU Issued by 10/31/2015 Ahmed Mohsen
PU Reviewed by
PU Approved by
Eng. assistance Yes Comments regarding SOR.
required No
SOR raised Yes
No

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ted Operation

DNG (bbls)
800.80

40-GG-01A/B till idle

normal problem of

ning with

set at 55 barg.
arg (Design pressure 79

to keep highest possible

urrently, in order to keep

y between the sudden

SLL.

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