PAR HAWAII REFINING, LLC

Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 11:41AM ON JULY 8, 2019, THE PAR HAWAII PIPELINE & TERMINALS MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR RECEIVED A CALL FROM PAR HAWAII REFINING PLANNER INDICATING THAT THE NAVY QAR HAD DISCOVERED A LEAK ON THE NAVY RED HILL 8 INCH PIPELINE. THE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR ARRIVED ON SCENE AT 12:15PM TO SEE THAT THERE WAS DRIPPING COMING FROM THE LINE AT THE 9 O'CLOCK POSITION THROUGH LOCALIZED CORROSION. THE NAVY PERSONNEL HAD PLACED A SMALL CONTAINMENT UNDER THE LEAK WITH ABSORBENTS. THERE WAS ABOUT ONE CUP OF JET FUEL IN THE CONTAINMENT. THE WATER NEXT TO THE SPAN CROSSING DID NOT HAVE A SHEEN. PIPELINE OPERATIONS WERE NOT SHUTDOWN. HOWEVER THE AFFECTED NAVY RED HILL 8 INCH PIPELINE WAS IN STATIC MODE AND A VACUUM TRUCK WAS DISPATCHED TO DEFUEL THAT SECTION OF THE PIPELINE AND THE OSRO WAS CALLED IN TO SET UP COUNTER MEASURES TO PREVENT THE LEAK FROM ENTERING THE WATER. THE STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAZARD EVALUATION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE (HEER) PERSONNEL WHERE ON-SCENE AND REQUESTED ONE FOOT SAMPLE TO BE EXCAVATED FROM THE LEAK SITE. A FORMAL NOTIFICATION WAS CALLED INTO THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER (NRC) ON 7/8/19 AT 13:18PM, NOTIFICATION NO.1251354. A FOLLOW-UP CALL WAS PLACED TO NRC 48 HOURS LATER ON 7/10/19 AT 14:17PM, REPORT NO.1251576 ON JULY 9, 2019 PREPARATIONS FOR REPAIR HAD BEGUN. PANCAKE BLINDS WERE INSTALLED UPSTREAM OF SPOOL PRIOR TO MLV 302B AND UPSTREAM OF THE TWIN SEAL VALVE TO THE NAVY PIPELINE. APPROXIMATELY 140 BBLS WAS VACUUMED OUT OF THE LINE. ON JULY 13, 2019 A 10 FOOT SECTION OF PIPELINE AT THE LEAK WAS COLD CUT AND A NEW PIPE SPOOL WELDED INTO THE LINE. DRY ICE WAS USED ON BOTH ENDS OF THE NEW SPOOL TO ISOLATE THE 10 FOOT SPOOL FROM EXPLOSIVE VAPORS WHILE WELDING. ON MONDAY, JULY 15, 2019, APPROXIMATELY 175 BBLS OF PRODUCT WAS FLUSHED FROM THE LINE INTO A VACUUM TRUCK UPSTREAM OF THE TWIN SEAL VALVE. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WILL BE ONSITE BEFORE THE NEXT DELIVERY TO ENSURE THERE ARE NO LEAKS.