CRIMSON PIPELINE L.P.

Incident Narrative

ON 6-16-2022 CRIMSON CONTROL CENTER RECEIVED A CALL FROM MONTEBELLO FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN MATT BEVERIDGE INFORMING US THAT THERE IS CRUDE OIL & WATER BUBBLING OUT OF THE STREET ON MONTEBELLO BLVD, MONTEBELLO, CA 90640 THE APPROXIMATE ADDRESS IS 403 MONTEBELLO BLVD. CRIMSON HAS NO ACTIVE LINE AT THIS LOCATION. CRIMSON DISPATCHED A FIELD OPERATOR TO INVESTIGATE. UPON ARRIVAL OPERATOR IDENTIFIED CHEVRON OPERATORS ON SITE AND CHEVRONS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONAL. CHEVRON CONFIRMED THEY WERE RESPONDING, AND THEY WERE MAKING OES AND NRC NOTIFICATIONS. CHEVRON WAS TAKING THE LEAD TO EXCAVATE AND LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK. MULTIPLE LINES WERE EXPOSED DURING EXCAVATION THAT WERE NOT ON CHEVRONS OR CRIMSONS PRINTS. ONE OF THE LINES EXPOSED HAS EXTERNAL CORROSION AT THE 6 O-CLOCK LOCATION. CHEVRON WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM AFTER EXCAVATION THEIR LINE WAS NOT THE ONE LEAKING. CRIMSON BEING THE ONLY PIPELINE COMPANY ON SITE AND NO OTHER COMPANY HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING PIPELINE IN THE AREA CRIMSON TOOK OVER THE RESPONSE AND PLACED A TEMPORARY CLAMP ON THE LEAKING PIPE. BECAUSE THIS EXCAVATION IS WITHIN A RAIL ROAD ROW AT THIS TIME THE EMERGENCY WAS CONTAINED AND CRIMSON PLATED THE EXCAVATION AND PURSUED CITY AND RAIL ROAD PERMITS. CRIMSON ACQUIRED PERMITS AND WAS ABLE TO SCHEDULE CONTINUATION OF A PERMANENT REPAIR AND A CONTINUITY TEST TO DETERMINE IF THE PIPE WAS CRIMSONS. THIS TEST WAS COMPLETED ON MONDAY 2-13-2023 CONFIRMING OWNERSHIP ON THE LINE TO BE CRIMSONS.