PRODUCTS (SE) PIPE LINE CORPORATION

Incident Narrative

"ON 12/13/2024, AT AROUND 14:00 CENTRAL TIME, CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL WORKING TO REMEDIATE AN ANOMALY FOR PRODUCTS (SE) PIPE LINE CORPORATION (PHMSA OPID 15674) NOTICED A STRONG ODOR. THIS PROMPTED ALPHARETTA CONTROL CENTER TO SHUT DOWN THE PIPELINE SEGMENT, AS A PRECAUTION. UPON FURTHER EXCAVATION, THEY DISCOVERED WET AND DISBANDED COATING ON THE EXPOSED PORTION OF THE PIPE AT THE ANOMALY LOCATION. USING SHEAR WAVE TECHNOLOGY, THEY IDENTIFIED A PINHOLE DEFECT IN THE GIRTH WELD. FOR REPAIRS, A TYPE B-SLEEVE WAS INSTALLED AS PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED, AND THE PIPELINE WAS RESTARTED. ON 12/19/2024, RESULTS OF THE IMPACTED SOIL TAKEN FROM THE SITE REVEALED THAT 8 GALLONS OF JET FUEL HAD ULTIMATELY BEEN RECOVERED. THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER WAS NOTIFIED AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE INCIDENT WOULD EXCEED THE $50,000 ACCIDENT REPORTING CRITERIA. THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. AN INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED ON 12/8/2025. THE PIPELINE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1941 AND AT TIME ADEQUATE TECHNOLOGY DID NOT EXIST TO DETECT FLAWS IN THE WELDS. THE METHOD THAT WAS USED TO ACCEPT A COMPLETED WELD WAS VISUAL INSPECTION AND PRESSURE TESTING. DURING INITIAL CONSTRUCTION POROSITY WAS LIKELY PRESENT DURING THE ROOT PASS. OVER TIME THE POROSITY LED TO THE FAILURE OF ALL OTHER WELD PASSES ABOVE IT. DUE TO THE LIMITED RELEASE VOLUME, IT IS BELIEVED THE FAILURE HAD ONLY RECENTLY OCCURRED. THE ANOMALY WAS DETECTED BY THE 2022 ILI RUN WHICH WAS THEN ADDED TO THE ACTION PLAN AND A DIG WAS SCHEDULED IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMPANY REGULATIONS."