ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY

Incident Narrative

ON NOVEMBER 1, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:14 AM, ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY EXPERIENCED AN EQUIPMENT FAILURE AT THE CLEBURNE COMPRESSOR STATION ON THE HEADER #2 IN JOHNSON COUNTY NEAR CLEBURNE, TEXAS. THE COMPRESSOR STATION IS PART OF AN INTRASTATE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE LOCATED IN A RURAL AREA (CLASS 1) UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION AND ALSO TO THE NRC UNDER ID# 1099919. THERE WERE NO FATALITIES, INJURIES, EVACUATIONS, ROAD CLOSURES, EXPLOSIONS, FIRE, MEDIA INTEREST, SPILLS OR ANY RESPONSE BY AN EMERGENCY OFFICIAL. THE NEAREST STRUCTURE INTENDED FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY IS 150 YARDS NORTH AND THE NEAREST PUBLIC ROAD IS WEST HWY 67 LOCATED 0.5 MILES NORTH OF THE INCIDENT SITE. AT 5:14 AM ETC GAS CONTROL RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM AN AREA LAND OWNER THAT THE LAND OWNER COULD HEAR A ""ROARING"" NOISE AT THE CLEBURNE COMPRESSOR STATION. THE ON-CALL ETC TECHNICIAN WAS NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY THAT THE DISCHARGE PRESSURE HAD FALLEN SUDDENLY AT THE STATION. UPON ARRIVAL, THE ETC TECHNICIAN FOUND A CONTROL VALVE HAD FAILED FULLY OPEN AND WAS RELEASING GAS FROM STATION HEADER #2. ETC TECHNICIAN CLOSED THE VALVE MANUALLY AT 6:03 AM. ETC TECHNICIAN FOUND THE SOLENOID FOR THE CONTROL VALVE HAD FAILED. THE SOLENOID WAS REPLACED AND IN SERVICE AT 11:30 AM. THE FAILED CONTROL VALVE RELEASED 12,231 MCF OF NATURAL GAS. THE CALCULATIONS WERE CONFIRMED AT 10:01 AM AND THE EVENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A REPORTABLE INCIDENT.