BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP

Incident Narrative

ON THE MORNING OF FEBRUARY 5, 2022, A BUCKEYE OPERATOR IDENTIFIED A CRACK IN THE PIPING ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUMP STRAINER DRAIN VALVE. APPROXIMATELY 3.5 BARRELS OF CRUDE PRODUCT HAD LEAKED INTO THE PUMP STATION'S SECONDARY CONTAINMENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, IGNITION OF PRODUCT, AND THE RELEASE WAS CONFINED TO BUCKEYE PROPERTY. THE PUMP WAS ISOLATED, A WORK ORDER WAS GENERATED TO HAVE THE LEAK REPAIRED, AND INTERNAL NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO BUCKEYE FIELD SERVICES' SHIFT MANAGERS AND ASSISTANT OPERATIONS MANAGERS. BUCKEYE ENVIRONMENTAL PERSONNEL NOTIFIED THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS OF THE RELEASE ON FEBRUARY 6, 2022 AT 14:16. A VACUUM TRUCK WAS USED, AND ALL 3.5 BARRELS WERE RECOVERED FROM THE SECONDARY CONTAINMENT BY THE EVENING OF FEBRUARY 6, 2022. UT THICKNESS READINGS WERE TAKEN ON THE DRAIN VALVE AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS MINIMAL WALL LOSS ON THE SECTION OF PIPE WERE THE CRACK ORIGINATED. IN ADDITION, THE DRAIN VALVE IS LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM OF A SUCTION STRAINER, AND ONLY SUBJECT TO ATMOSPHERIC AND TANK HEAD PRESSURE WHICH RANGE FROM 14.7 TO 15 PSI. THE RELEASE HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO THERMAL STRESS OF THE PIPE DUE TO CONFINED EXPANSION OF FREEZING WATER WITHIN THE DRAIN LINE.