KINDER MORGAN TEJAS PIPELINE

Incident Narrative

07/18/2016; 09:20 HOURS; KM TEJAS MANAGER REPORTED FIRE OBSERVED IN THE DISTANCE, APPROXIMATELY IN THE VICINITY OF THE KM TEJAS KING RANCH FACILITIES. SAID SITE IS A JUNCTION FOR KM TEJAS FACILITIES AND FACILITIES OF AN ADJACENT THIRD PARTY. KM TEJAS EMERGENCY RESPONSE BEGAN AT 09:26 HOURS INCLUDING DIRECTING EMPLOYEES TO CLOSE MAIN LINE BLOCK VALVES AND ISOLATING ALL INLETS AND OUTLETS. THE KM TEJAS INVOLVEMENT INCLUDED MULTIPLE PIPELINES; THE LARGEST DIAMETER KM TEJAS PIPELINE IS THE 36-INCH TEJAS 520-100 LINE (MUSTANG MAIN LINE 01; SAID PIPE DATA FOR THIS REPORT). INCIDENT BEGAN WITHIN THE FACILITIES OF AN ADJACENT THIRD PARTY; HEAT FROM FIRE SPREAD TO KM TEJAS FACILITIES. THE GAS LOST AND OTHER APPLICABLE DATA WITHIN THIS REPORT IS CUMULATIVE FOR ALL KM TEJAS INVOLVED FACILITIES. THE THIRD PARTY FACILITY PERSONNEL WERE EVACUATED; THERE WERE NO GENERAL PUBLIC EVACUATIONS. THE KM TEJAS FACILITY IS NOT MANNED; THERE WERE NO PERSONNEL EVACUATION. IT WAS SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THE INCIDENT SITE WAS DEEMED SAFE FOR KM TEJAS EMPLOYEES TO ENTER AND BEGIN AN INVESTIGATION. INVOLVED KM TEJAS FACILITIES WERE RESTORED TO RESUME NATURAL GAS FLOW (SOUTH FLOW) ON 07/31/2016. ADDITIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF DAMAGED KM TEJAS FACILITIES CONTINUED INTO THE WEEK OF 08/28/2017 WITH THE INSTALLATION OF VALVE OPERATORS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT WITH NATURAL GAS FLOW AS NEEDED.