PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPELINE CO

Incident Narrative

AT 12:54PM PEPL EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CALL FROM A LANDOWNER THAT HE COULD HEAR A LEAK AND SEE VAPOR EAST OF ROAD N AND SOUTH OF 100 RD. AT 1:00PM NOTIFIED EMPLOYEES AT OLPE STATION TO GO TO LOCATION AND CONFIRM LEAK AND LOCATION. AT 1:15PM THE LOCATION AND LEAK WERE CONFIRMED AND BELIEVED TO BE THE 300L. AT 1:17PM SENT AN EMPLOYEE TO PROTECT LEAK SITE AND TWO EMPLOYEES TO 300L WEST RIVER HEADER FOR ISOLATION. AT 1:23PM STATION VALVE 554-3 WAS CLOSED. AT 1:45PM A GAUGE WAS PLACED ON 554-3 DSBO 642PSI TO CONFIRM THE 300L WAS LEAKING BY PRESSURE DROP. AT 1:47PM CALLED LYON COUNTY DISPATCH AND INFORMED OF THE SITUATION AND LOCATION, WAS ASKED IF ASSISTANCE WAS NEEDED, INFORMED THEM THAT NO ASSISTANCE WAS NEEDED AT THE TIME. AT 1:48PM WEST RIVER HEADER VALVE 326W WAS CLOSED, AND AT 1:55PM 516 W-1W WAS OPENED. AT 2:10PM THE STATION PRESSURE WAS AT 569 PSI. AT 2:17PM VALVE 516W-2W WAS OPENED. AT 2:20PM STATION PRESSURE WAS AT 545 PSI. AT 2:28PM STARTED BLOWDOWN. AT 2:38PM 2 GATE 300-400 CROSSOVER VALVE 302-E OPENED. AT 2:39PM 2 GATE 300-400 CROSSOVER VALVE 402-E OPENED. AT 3:19PM ISOLATED SECTION WAS BLOWN FLAT. ON 4/11/2024 PIPE WAS EXPOSED, AND LEAK IDENTIFIED AS A CRACKED WELD. A 44-FOOT PIPE SEGMENT WAS CUT OUT AND REPLACED. A SPECIMEN WAS SENT TO THE LAB FOR EVALUATION AND DETERMINATION OF CAUSE. AWAITING TEST RESULTS AT THIS TIME.