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PRODUCTS (SE) PIPE LINE CORPORATION

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Incident Information

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OperatorPRODUCTS (SE) PIPE LINE CORPORATION
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Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates33.29001, -86.82438

Cause

CauseINCORRECT OPERATION
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Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

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Lost Commodity—
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Incident Narrative

ON 9/30/21 AT 1416 CDST, HELENA OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR RECEIVED A CALL FROM PELHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTING SHEEN AND ODOR ON BUCK CREEK. AT 1418 CDST, THE CONTROL CENTER SHUTDOWN THE CNG AND CNF PIPELINES. LOCAL ROW PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED TO INVESTIGATE. UPON ARRIVAL, LOCAL PERSONNEL DID CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A SHEEN ON BUCK CREEK AND A PETROLEUM ODOR. IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS, AN INTERNAL CALL WAS INITIATED TO DISCUSS AGENCY NOTIFICATIONS AND DISPATCHING OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESOURCES. A CALL WAS ALSO MADE TO THE NRC REPORTING (#1318346) A POTENTIAL RELEASE. ON 10/1/2021, AFTER THE PIPELINE WAS EXCAVATED, THE SOURCE FOR THE SHEEN ON BUCK CREEK WAS CONFIRMED TO BE THE 30 INCH CNG PIPELINE. A CALL WAS MADE TO THE NRC REPORTING (#1318411) THE CONFIRMED DISCOVERY OF A RELEASE. A PIPELINE REPAIR PLAN WAS INITIATED, THE FAILED PIPE SECTION WAS CUT OUT, AND A NEW PIPE SECTION WAS INSTALLED. THE FAILED PIPE SECTION WAS SENT FOR METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS. UPDATE 01/21/2022: THE APPARENT CAUSE HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE EQUIPMENT FAILURE DUE TO IMPROPER INSTALLATION. A COMPOSITE REINFORCING REPAIR SLEEVE FAILED BECAUSE THE SLEEVE WAS PARTIALLY SEPARATED AT THE PIPE-TO-SLEEVE INTERFACE WHICH ALLOWED MOISTURE INGRESS THAT PROMOTED THE OBSERVED CRACKING. THE COMPOSITE REINFORCING SLEEVE WAS INSTALLED ON NOV. 14, 2000 OVER A DENT, AT THE 6:30 CLOCK POSITION, WITH APPROXIMATELY 2.1% DIAMETER REDUCTION. THE LENGTH OF THE SLEEVE WAS APPROXIMATELY 9-INCH. THE SLEEVE LOCATION WAS AT A 5 DEGREE SAG BEND BETWEEN GIRTH WELDS 1080 AND 1090. AFTER ANALYSIS OF THE DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THE PIPELINE RELEASE, THE RELEASE VOLUME WAS REVISED DOWNWARD TO 39.5 BARRELS. 1/26/2023 THE ROOT CAUSE WAS COMPLETED AND DETERMINED THAT THE REPAIR WAS NOT MADE IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH CLOCK SPRING SPECIFICATIONS. THEREFORE, CONCLUDING THE CAUSE TO BE INADEQUATE WORK STANDARDS. PPL'S CURRENT REPAIR PROCEDURE HAS QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES IN PLACE TO ASSURE PROPER INSTALLATION. CURRENT REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE INSTALLATION BY A CERTIFIED INSTALLER, TWO CLOCK SPRING

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