KINDER MORGAN TEXAS PIPELINE CO

Incident Narrative

MARCH 30, 2015, 11:03 AM, BOB WEST COMPRESSOR STATION (COMMISSIONED 12/2014); ALL COMPRESSOR ENGINES SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF AN ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE RESULTING FROM A CIRCUIT SHORT TO A GROUND WIRE TIED INTO THE UPS PANEL; SAID UPS PANEL PROVIDES POWER TO ALL UNIT CONTROL PANELS AND COMPRESSOR STATION CONTROL PANEL; COMPRESSOR BLOW DOWN VALVES FOR UNITS 1 THROUGH UNIT 8 FAILED OPEN; SUCTION AND DISCHARGE SIDE VALVES FOR UNITS 1 THROUGH UNIT 8 REMAINED IN LAST POSITION WHICH WAS OPEN; SUCTION SIDE VALVE GOV-1001 AND DISCHARGE SIDE VALVE GOV-1002 REMAINED IN LAST POSITION WHICH WAS OPEN; COMPRESSOR BLOW DOWN VALVES OPERATED IN FAIL ESD STATE WHICH IS OPEN; AN ON-SITE STATION OPERATING TECHNICIAN CLOSED THE STATION SIDE VALVES; AN ON-SITE CONTROLS TECHNICIAN CLOSED THE SUCTION AND DISCHARGE VALVES ON UNITS 1 THROUGH UNIT 8; RELEASE OF NATURAL GAS ENDED 11:18 AM; THE COMPRESSOR BLOW DOWN VALVES RESET AUTOMATICALLY WHEN ELECTRIC POWER WAS RESTORED AT 11:33 AM; APRIL 01, 2015, 11:50 AM, NATURAL GAS LOST WAS RECALCULATED AND DETERMINED TO BE AN AMOUNT MEETING REPORTING CRITERIA; THE EVENT WAS REPORTED TO THE NRC AND TO THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION;