ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY

Incident Narrative

ON 9/13/21, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:45AM HILCO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE WAS INSTALLING POLES AND ANCHORS FOR A NEW ELECTRICAL SERVICE IN HILL COUNTY NEAR CR 1120. WHILE DRILLING TO SET A POLE, THE ET REED TO CLEBURNE 42-INCH PIPELINE WAS STRUCK WITH AN AUGER. THE LINE STRIKE WAS REPORTED TO ET AT 11:09 AND OPERATIONS PERSONNEL ARRIVED ONSITE AT APPROXIMATELY 12:10PM. ET PERSONNEL SECURED THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED TO BEGIN ISOLATING THE AFFECTED SEGMENT. TWO HOMES IN THE AREA WERE CONTACTED TO EVACUATE. NEITHER HOME WAS OCCUPIED AT THE TIME AND THE INDIVIDUALS WERE CONTACTED AND REQUESTED NOT TO RETURN TO THE RESIDENCES UNTIL NOTIFIED THAT THE AREA WAS SAFE. THE PIPELINE WAS ISOLATED AT 2:30PM BY CLOSING THE BLOCK VALVES AT THE CLEBURNE COMPRESSOR STATION AND MAINLINE BLOCK VALVE #1 AND THEN THE LINE WAS BLOWN DOWN FOR ASSESSMENT AND REPAIR. UPON BEING EXCAVATED IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LINE STRIKE CAUSED A SERIES OF GOUGES ON THE PIPELINE AT APPROXIMATELY THE 1 TO 3 O'CLOCK POSITIONS. A 13-INCH GOUGE NEAR THE 1 O'CLOCK POSITION ALSO CONTAINED A 1.5-INCH LEAK. REPAIR WAS COMPLETED USING A WELD ON SLEEVE AND PIPELINE WAS PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE AT 7:52AM ON 9/15/21. INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT INDICATED THAT THE PIPELINE WAS NOT LOCATED AND MARKED CORRECTLY IN RESPONSE TO ONE CALL TICKET. INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE LOCATING AND MARKING OF THE PIPELINE HAD OQ SUSPENDED FOR SPECIFIC COVERED TASKS AND WILL RECEIVE RETRAINING PRIOR TO OQ BEING REINSTATED.