SAVAGE BAKKEN CONNECTOR, INC

Incident Narrative

ON 4/25/2022, AT AROUND 8:05AM JEFF YATES RECEIVED A HIGH PRESSURE ALARM ON THE PLAINS LACT, HE NOTICED THAT THE TRANSFER HAD SHUTDOWN. HE CALLED MIKE BUMPUS (MAINTENANCE LEAD) WHO WAS WORKING TIN THE GENERAL AREA. MIKE BUMPUS ARRIVED AT THE PLAINS LACT AT 8:07 WHEN HE ARRIVED HE NOTICED THAT THE OVER FLOW TANK FOR THE LACT HAD OVERFILLED DUE TO THE HIGH PRESSURE CAUSING A SPILL. ESTIMATED AMOUNT IS 3 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL. AT 8:06 JEFF YATES (CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR) RECEIVED A CALL FROM PLAINS CONTROL ROOM LETTING HIM KNOW THAT THEY WERE SHOWING A HIGH PRESSURE ALARM. JEFF LET THEM KNOW THAT SOMEONE FROM MAINTENANCE WAS ON THE WAY TO THE LACT TO INVESTIGATE. JEFF THEN CALLED WILLIAM SLAVEN (OPERATIONS MANAGER) AT 8:07AM TO INFORM HIM OF THE SPILL. WILLIAM SLAVEN CALLED BRITT POULSON (GENERAL MANAGER) AT 8:10AM TO INFORM HIM OF THE SPILL. AT THIS SAME TIME CHAD JORDAN (SAFETY MANAGER) WAS IN THE SAME OFFICE AND WAS NOTIFIED AT 8:10. BRITT AND CHAD DROVE TO THE PLAINS LACT, ARRIVING AT 8:15AM. THE SPILL WAS CONTAINED IN THE LACT SPILL CONTAINMENT. ONCE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SPILL WAS CONTAINED, BRITT POULSON CALLED BIG HORN EXCAVATION (THIRD PARTY) (8:30AM) TO BRING A VAC TRUCK TO COME CLEAN UP THE SPILL. MIKE BUMPUS RADIOED OPERATIONS (8:30AM) TO BRING A PRESSURE WASHER TO THE LACT TO CLEAN THE PIPES AND THE LACT BUILDING. MIKE ALSO NOTIFIED WILLIAM ARNOLD (MAINTENANCE PERSONAL) AT 8:30AM TO BRING THE SAVAGE VAC TRAILER TO HELP CLEAN UP. PRESSURE WASHER ARRIVED 8:55AM AND BEGAN THE CLEAN UP. SAVAGE VAC TRAILER SHOWED UP 9:05AM. THE THIRD PARTY VAC TRUCK SHOWED UP ON LOCATION AT AROUND 11:00AM THEY USED ABSORBENT PADS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEIR VAC TRUCK TO CLEAN THE SPILL. BOTH VAC TRUCK AND TRAILER WORKED UNTIL AROUND 6:00PM BEFORE HAVING TO CALL IT A DAY. THE THIRD PARTY VAC TRUCK CAME BACK THE FOLLOWING MORNING 4/26/22 AT 8:00AM TO FINISH THE CLEAN UP, THEY COMPLETED THE SPILL CLEAN UP AT AROUND 11:00AM 4/26/22