ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY

Incident Narrative

ON APRIL 7, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 19:53, A DISRUPTION OF GAS FLOW TO THE PLACEDO, TX CITY GATE STATION OCCURRED. THE PLACEDO CITY GATE STATION IS LOCATED HALF A MILE SOUTHEAST FROM THE CITY OF PLACEDO, TX IN VICTORIA COUNTY. AT APPROXIMATELY 19:00, CENTERPOINT NOTIFIED COMPANY PERSONNEL THAT THERE WAS A DISRUPTION OF GAS FLOW AT THE PLACEDO CITY GATE STATION. AT APPROXIMATELY 19:53, COMPANY PERSONNEL ARRIVED AT THE PLACEDO CITY GATE STATION AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PRIMARY RUN VALVE WAS CLOSED. THE VALVE WAS OPENED RESUMING GAS FLOW BACK TO THE CITY GATE. COMPANY MEASUREMENT TECHNICIAN WAS DOING SOME ROUTINE TESTING ON THE METER/REGULATOR ON THE CITY GATE STATION. THE TECHNICIAN OPENED UP THE BYPASS ON THE STATION AND CLOSED THE PRIMARY RUN ON THE METER TO ALLOW HIM TO COMPLETE HIS TESTING. ONCE HE COMPLETED HIS TESTING, HE CLOSED THE STATION BYPASS AND DID NOT OPEN THE VALVE TO PLACE THE PRIMARY RUN ON THE METER/REGULATOR BACK INTO SERVICE. THIS SHUT IN/STOPPED THE GAS SUPPLY FOR THE STATION. THE TECHNICIANS' OPERATOR QUALIFICATION FOR THE TASK WERE PULLED AND THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE RE-TRAINED TO PREVENT FURTHER DISRUPTIONS. THIS PIPELINE IS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION. ON APRIL 7, 2020, THIS INCIDENT WAS TELEPHONICALLY REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (NRC#1275005) AT 21:30 AND TO THE TXRRC (INCIDENT#2178) AT 21:40. A 48 HOUR NRC UPDATE WAS MADE ON APRIL 8, 2020 AT 11:35 (NRC#1275048)