ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY

Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 2300 HRS. ON MAY 3RD, 2019. ENERGY TRANSFER LIQUIDS CONTROL RECEIVED INDICATIONS OF A LEAK AT PUMP STATION # 3 ON THE S505 WEST TEXAS GATEWAY 16"" NGL PIPELINE. ENERGY TRANSFER LIQUIDS CONTROL CONTACTED ETC OPERATIONS FIELD PERSONNEL TO INVESTIGATE. OPERATIONS TECHNICIANS ARRIVED ON LOCATION AT 12:15 HRS. ON 5/4 AND FOUND A LEAK ON SOME TUBING IN THE STATION. AT 01:25 HRS. THE TECHNICIANS WERE ABLE TO ISOLATE THE LEAK LOCATION BY CLOSING VALVES 7 & 8 ON PUMP # 3 TO ALLOW THE ISOLATED LEAK SECTION TO BLOW DOWN. AN INVESTIGATION FOUND THE 1/2"" TUBING FROM A THERMAL RELIEF ON THE DISCHARGE VALVE ON PUMP # 3 TO BE LOOSE AT THE FITTING. ALL TUBING AND FITTINGS ON THE DISCHARGE VALVE WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE ISOLATION VALVES (7 & 8) WERE OPENED AT 03:41 HRS. AND THE STATION WAS AVAILABLE FOR NORMAL SERVICE AT 04:00 HRS. THE INITIAL REPORT WAS MADE TO THE NRC AT 01:59 HRS. ON MAY 4, 2019, REPORT # 1244598 AND THE NRC 48 HR. UPDATE WAS MADE AT 20:00 HRS. ON MAY 5, 2019, REPORT # 1244739 ETC'S PLAN TO PREVENT REOCCURRENCES OF THIS ISSUE WERE TO REPLACE ALL TUBING AND FITTINGS ON THE DISCHARGE VALVE AND CHECK THE TUBING AND FITTINGS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATION.