GRAMA RIDGE STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION, LLC

Incident Narrative

ON APRIL 7, 2017 AT 11:08 PM MT AT THE ENSTOR GRAMA RIDGE GAS STORAGE FACILITY, THE OPERATOR ON-CALL RECEIVED AN ALARM INDICATING THAT COMPRESSOR UNIT C203 HAD SHUT DOWN. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, MULTIPLE OTHER ALARMS WERE RECEIVED. THE OPERATOR ARRIVED AT THE FACILITY AT 12:20 AM MT, AND OBSERVED A SMALL FIRE INSIDE THE COMPRESSOR BUILDING THAT EXTINGUISHED ITSELF SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE OPERATOR NOTED THAT THE FACILITY HAD ACTIVATED THE EMERGENCY SHUT-DOWN SYSTEM PROPERLY AND AS DESIGNED. COMPANY MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY PERSONNEL WERE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED AND FACILITY PERSONNEL TOOK THE NECESSARY STEPS TO ENSURE CONDITIONS WERE SAFE TO BEGIN INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER AND THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO PRC WERE NOTIFIED AS SOON AS OPERATIONS PERSONNEL AND ENSTOR MANAGEMENT DETERMINED THE CONDITIONS AT THE FACILITY ADEQUATELY STABLE, SAFE AND MET THE DEFINITION OF THE INCIDENT AS DEFINED BY 49 CFR 191.3 AND STATE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS. INDUSTRY EXPERTS WERE ENGAGED TO REVIEW AND DOCUMENT ALL PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND SYSTEM DATA PERTAINING TO THE INCIDENT TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE SAFE OPERATIONS AND REPAIRS. INDUSTRY EXPERTS WERE ENGAGED TO REVIEW AND DOCUMENT ALL PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND SYSTEM DATA PERTAINING TO THE INCIDENT TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE SAFE OPERATIONS AND REPAIRS.