FLINT HILLS RESOURCES, LC

Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 11:18 AM ON OCTOBER 18, 2018, FLINT HILLS RESOURCES (FHR) RECEIVED A CALL FROM A LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONDER NOTIFYING FHR OF A FIRE/EXPLOSION AT KING RANCH NEAR A MULTI-PIPELINE CORRIDOR. AFTER RECEIVING THIS CALL, FHR SENT AN OPERATIONS EMPLOYEE TO THE SITE, WHO ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 PM. WHEN THE FHR EMPLOYEE ARRIVED AT THE SITE, HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET CLOSE TO THE LOCATION AND COULD ONLY VERIFY THAT THERE WAS A FIRE AT KING RANCH. THE FHR EMPLOYEE ON SITE CALLED FHR'S PIPELINE CONTROL CENTER (PCC) AT 12:45 PM TO VERIFY TO THE PCC THAT THERE WAS A FIRE. AT THIS TIME, THE PCC COMMUNICATED THAT THE PRESSURE ON FHR'S SEELIGSON TO MAYO PIPELINE SEGMENT HAD DROPPED TO 0 PSI, WHICH CAUSED FHR TO BELIEVE THAT THE LINE HAD BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS INCIDENT. FHR NOTIFIED THE NRC AND TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION OF THE INCIDENT AT APPROXIMATELY 1:58 PM. BASED ON THE INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, FHR BELIEVES THAT A NEARBY THIRD PARTY NATURAL GAS PIPELINE EXPLODED AND BURNED, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED FHR'S PIPELINE TO RUPTURE AND THE CRUDE TO BURN. THE FIRE CONTINUED UNTIL OCTOBER 21, 2018 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM. FHR BELIEVES THAT THE ESTIMATED 898 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN RELEASED WAS CONSUMED BY THE FIRE. THE AFFECTED SECTION OF PIPE WAS REPLACED AND PLACED BACK IN SERVICE ON 11-8-18 AT 09:35. NOTE : FHR RECEIVED LANDOWNER PERMISSION TO BACKFILL THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE. FHR RECEIVED COMMUNICATION FROM THE 3RD PARTY PIPELINE OPERATOR THAT THEY NEEDED TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THEIR PIPELINE BEFORE BACKFILLING COULD TAKE PLACE. THE REPAIRS AND BACKFILLING SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY END OF MAY 2020.