SOUTHERN STAR CENTRAL GAS PIPELINE, INC

Incident Narrative

SSCGP GAS CONTROL RECEIVED A CALL FROM A THIRD PARTY AT 18:48 ON 5/17/2014 STATING THERE WAS AN OIL PATCH WITH AN AUDIBLE LEAK AND A SECOND NOTIFICATION FROM A LAND OWNER AT 19:11. ON-CALL PERSONAL WERE CONTACTED AND EDMOND OPERATIONS WERE ABLE TO BE NOTIFIED BY 17:23. AT 22:21 OPERATIONS NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS NOT BLOWING GAS BUT A LEAK COULD BE DETECTED OVER AN OILY PATCH. SSCGP LINE IS ADJACENT TO AN OIL LINE WITH AN UNKNOWN OPERATOR. THE SITE WAS CONSIDERED WAS AWAY FROM ALL ROADS AND HOUSES AND UNTIL THE OIL LINE OPERATOR COULD BE CONTACTED SSCGP PERSONNEL DECIDED TO WAIT TO EXCAVATE THE LINE. ON 5/18/2014 A PRESSURE REDUCTION OF 20% WAS PUT IN PLACE WHILE AN OPERATOR FOR THE OIL LINE WAS TRACKED DOWN TO HELP WITH CONTAINMENT OF THE OIL. AFTER NO OPERATOR COULD BE FOUND, SSCGP BEGAN EXCAVATION ON 5/19/2014. AS EXCAVATION BEGAN IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE OIL MAY HAVE BEEN FROM THE SSCGP LINE AND IT WAS DECIDED TO BLOW-DOWN THE LINE SO A PERMANENT REPAIR OF THE LEAK AND OIL CLEAN UP COULD BE DONE. GAS FLOW WAS DETERMINED TO BE SHUT IN ON 5/20/14 AT 11:28 AM.