COUNTRYMARK REFINING AND LOGISTICS, LLC

Incident Narrative

AT 8:06 PM CST THE COUNTRYMARK PIPELINE OPERATIONS CONTROL ROOM WAS NOTIFIED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO LIVED NEAR BELLE PRAIRIE PUMP STATION REPORTING THAT THERE WAS CRUDE OIL ON THE GROUND AT THE STATION THE PIPELINE CONTROLLER IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE STATION AND ISOLATED THE PIPELINE AND PUMP STATION. THE PIPELINE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR WAS NOTIFIED AT APPROXIMATELY 8:20 PM CST TO DISPATCH EMERGENCY RESPONSE CREWS TO THE SITE. CREWS ARRIVED ON-SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 8:40 PM CST TO EVALUATE AND START CLEAN-UP. THE OPERATIONS SUPVERVISOR CALLED THE PIPELINE CONTROL ROOM AND HAD THE PIPELINE CONTROLLER START REVIEWING TRENDING AND ALARMS ON THE SCADA SYSTEM FOR ANYTHING ABNORMAL. HE ALSO LOGGED ON TO THE SCADA SYSTEM TO EVALUATE HIMSELF. THE OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR ALSO CALLED ONE OF THE ON-SITE PERSONNEL AT 8:55 PM CST TO RETRIEVE FINDINGS AND TROUBLESHOOT POTENTIAL CAUSE. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT BOTH MAINLINE PUMPS WERE NOT DRAINING AND SPILLING FROM WHERE THE PUMP PLUNGERS RESIDE AND A DRAIN COLLECTS THE EXCESS. THE EXCESS FLUID SHOULD FLOW TO A SUMP THAT COLLECTS AND RE-INJECTS BACK INTO THE SUCTION OF THE MAINLINE PUMPS. AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SUMP WAS NOT RECEIVING THE FLUID DUE TO THE INLET VALVE TO THE SUMP TANK BEING CLOSED WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN OPEN. ANOTHER VALVE ON THE WEST MAINLINE PUMP DRAIN WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE CLOSED DURING INVESTIGATION. THE OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR CALLED THE PUMP MECHANIC AT 9:02 PM TO DISCUSS THE INCIDENT, SINCE PROJECT WORK WAS BEING PERFORMED AT THE SITE THE PREVIOUS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH CONTRACTORS UNDER HIS SUPERVISION . THE PUMP MECHANIC COULD NOT RECALL EVER SHUTTING THESE VALVES BUT DID NOT RULE OUT THE CONTRACTOR DOING IT. THE PUMP MECHANIC WAS THEN DISPATCHED TO ASSIST IN CLEAN UP AND INSPECT THE PUMPS AFTER RODS SUBMERGED IN CRUDE OIL. AFTER CONFIRMING THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT, THE PIPELINE CONTROLLER STARTED THE PIPELINE UP AT 9:30 CST WITH THE PUMP STATION BEING BYPASSED. THE PUMP STATION REMAINED SHUTDOWN AND ISOLATED UNTIL CLEAN-UP WAS COMPLETE.