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E&B NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT CORP

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Incident Information

Report Date—
OperatorE&B NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT CORP
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates34.00564, -118.37050

Cause

CauseINCORRECT OPERATION
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage—
Lost Commodity—
Public/Private Damage—
Emergency Response—
Environmental Remediation—
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Incident Narrative

ON 4/5/2021 THE OPERATOR PERFORMED A CLEANING PIG RUN USING A SCRAPER PIG. VALVE IC1 WAS CLOSED AND IC2 AND IC3 WERE OPEN. ONCE THE SCRAPPER PIG WAS RECEIVED THE RECEIVER WAS ISOLATED. VALVE IC1 (BYPASS VALVE) OPEN AND IC2 AND IC3 CLOSED. THE 1/2' BLEEDER VALVE (NOT IN DIAGRAM) WAS OPENED TO RELIEVE ANY PRESSURE IN THE RECEIVER. THE 2' DRAIN VALVE WAS OPEN TO DRAIN LIQUID FROM THE RECEIVER. THE RECEIVER DOOR WAS OPENED AND THE SCRAPPER PIG WAS REMOVED. ONCE THE SCRAPPER PIG WAS REMOVED THE RECEIVER DOOR WAS CLOSED AND THE 2' DRAIN VALVE CLOSED. THE 1/2 BLEEDER VALVE WAS NOT CLOSED. ON 4/6/2021 THE OPERATOR PERFORMED A CLEANING PIG RUN USING A FOAM PIG. THE OPERATOR ARRIVED AT THE RECEIVER LOCATION AT 5:00AM. THE OPERATOR CLOSED IC1 AND OPENED IC2 AND IC3. THE OPERATOR DID NOT REALIZE THE 1/2' BLEEDER VALVE WAS STILL OPEN. THE OPERATOR LEFT THE RECEIVER LOCATION AND BEGAN SHIPPING AT AROUND 5:30AM. AT AROUND 8:00AM THE OPERATOR WAS CONTACTED BY SPR FIELD PERSONNEL THAT THE RECEIVER WAS LEAKING OIL FROM THE 1/2' BLEEDER VALVE, THE SPR FIELD PERSONNEL SHUT THE BLEEDER VALVE . THE OPERATOR IMMEDIATELY WENT BACK TO THE RECEIVER LOCATION AND CONFIRMED CLOSURE OF THE 1/2' BLEEDER VALVE. AT AROUND 8:10AM THE OPERATOR NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR TO INITIATE THE RESPONSE.

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