WILLIAMS OLEFINS FEEDSTOCK PIPELINES, LLC

hazardous_liquid Incident —

Incident Information

Report Date
OperatorWILLIAMS OLEFINS FEEDSTOCK PIPELINES, LLC
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates29.94031, -93.95889

Cause

CauseEQUIPMENT FAILURE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage
Lost Commodity
Public/Private Damage
Emergency Response
Environmental Remediation
Other Costs

Location Map

Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 PM, ON JULY 5, 2023, TULSA PIPELINE CONTROL RECEIVED MULTIPLE GAS DETECTOR ALARMS AT THE PTR2 - PT ARTHUR ETHANE PUMP STATION. THE HI HI GAS DETECTOR ALARM WAS ACTIVATED THAT, BY DESIGN, AUTOMATICALLY ISOLATED THE STATION BY SHUTTING ALL THE VALVES. THE CONTROLLER ON THE BOARD AT THE TIME, CALLED OPERATIONS TECHNICIAN TO RESPOND. TECHNICIAN ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 PM AND CONFIRMED A LEAK. TECHNICIAN ISOLATED THE LEAK (CLOSED VALVES V216 AND V125), AT APPROXIMATELY 11:14 PM, AND TULSA PIPELINE CONTROL FLAGGED THE PUMP TO BE OFFLINE UNTIL PERMANENT REPAIRS COULD BE MADE. TECHNICIAN CALLED SUPERVISOR TO INFORM HIM OF THE LEAK AND THAT THE P200 PUMP HAD BEEN LOCKED OUT. STATION ALARMS AND SHUTDOWNS WERE CLEARED AT 11:30PM. TECHNICIAN CALLED THE SOC AT 11:40PM TO REPORT THE RELEASE. TECHNICIAN CALLED THE TULSA PIPELINE CONTROL CENTER AT 11:59 PM TO REPORT THE STATION WAS SECURED AND RELEASE MITIGATED. INVESTIGATION STILL ONGOING UPDATE 9/12/2023 - PUMP BACK IN SERVICE AS OF 8/3/2023, PUMP WAS REPAIRED ON 7/5/2023 AND INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED ON 7/12/2023

About This Pipeline Incident

Pipeline incident data is reported to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). All significant incidents involving fatalities, injuries, or property damage over $50,000 must be reported.

Back to All Incidents More Incidents in