CRIMSON PIPELINE L.P.

Incident Narrative

ON DECEMBER 11, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1342 HRS. CRIMSON MANAGEMENT RECEIVED A CALL FROM SIGNAL HILL PETROLEUM THAT THERE IS A LEAK ON PCH AND OBISPO. SIGNAL HILL PETROLEUM WAS RESPONDING, AND THEY CALLED CRIMSON OPERATIONS TO INSPECT THE AREA. CRIMSON OPERATIONS MANAGER NOTIFIED FIELD OPERATORS TO RESPOND TO THE SCENE AND LOCATE CRIMSON PIPELINES IN THE AREA. LINE CSFM 0047 IS LOCATED AT THE SITE OF THE LEAK AREA. CRIMSON OPERATIONS MANAGER CONTACTED OCC MANAGER TO CONFIRM CSFM 0047 LINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND RESPECTIVE VALVES WERE CLOSED. RESPONSE WAS ""YES"" AND CONFIRMED PRESSURES APPEARED TO BE STABLE AND SHOWING SLIGHT INCREASE IN PRESSURE. CRIMSON PIPELINE OPERATOR ARRIVED ONSITE AND CONFIRMED THERE IS A LEAK AND IT HAS BEEN CONTAINED BY THE LA COUNTY HAZ MAT ON SCENE. HE WAS INFORMED THAT CITY OF SIGNAL HILL HIRED BLUE WATER AND W.A. RASIC TO RESPOND TO CONTAIN, CLEANUP AND EXPOSE SUSPECTED LEAK AREA ON OBISPO AVE. JUST N OF PCH. W.A. RASIC BEGAN EXCAVATING AND EXPOSED SMALL SECTION OF 6"" LINE WITH VISUAL CRUDE OIL BUBBLING AROUND IT. LEAK SOURCE WAS FOUND, AND A TEMPORARY CLAMP WAS INSTALLED TO PREVENT FURTHER DISCHARGE. NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO CRIMSON MANGEMENT TEAM AND PROVIDED UPDATES AND INFORMATION THAT THE EXPOSED LINE APPEARED TO BE LEAKING IS CRIMSON'S LINE CSFM 0047 BASED ON WHERE THE LINE IS LOCATED. CRIMSON MANAGEMENT INFORMED AGENCIES ON SITE (CSFM, CA DF&G, COSH, LA COUNTY HAZ MAT) CRIMSON WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FROM WHERE THE EXCAVATION INVESTIGATION LED AND LINE CSFM 0047 IS LOCATED AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLEANUP, REMEDIATION AND REPAIRS. CRIMSON COORDINATED CLEANUP ACTIVITIES WHICH WERE TASKED WITH REMOVING CONTAMINATED SOIL FROM THE EXCAVATION AND PRESSURE WASHING THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT HAD BEEN AFFECTED BY THE LEAK. CRIMSON ENGINEERING SUBMITTED A REPAIR PLAN TO THE CSFM AND ONCE IT WAS APPROVED THE PERMANENT REPAIR WAS COMPLETED. THE SITE WAS RETURNED TO NORMAL ACTIVITY AND DEMOBILIZED. * SPILL VOLUME THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT DISPOSED OF 2500 GALLONS OF OIL AND WATER DID NOT LET THE COLLECTED MATERIALS SIT ALLOWING THE OIL TO BE SEGMENTED FROM THE WATER THERE FOR WE HAVE COUNTED THE OIL AND CONTAMINATED WATER TOGETHER AT 71.4 BARRELS. THUS, INCREASING THE TOTAL RELEASE OIL BEYOND WHAT WAS INITIALLY ESTIMATED. *AUGUST 1, 2024, CHANGED 4B TO ""NO"" DAYLIGHT SAVINGS