BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP

Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 21:15 ON JUNE 4, 2018, BUCKEYE PERSONNEL IDENTIFIED THAT MOTOR OPERATED VALVE (MOV) 892 BELONGING TO 16"" PP861HF (VIKING) HAD LEAKED APPROXIMATELY 4 GALLONS OF CRUDE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BUCKEYE TEXAS PROCESSING (BTP) FACILITY. AT THIS TIME, BUCKEYE PERSONNEL IMPLEMENTED CONTAINMENT MEASURES UNDER MOV 892 AND ENSURED THAT THE VALVE WAS NO LONGER ACTIVELY LEAKING BEFORE MAKING THE APPROPRIATE INTERNAL NOTIFICATIONS. AT APPROXIMATELY 23:15, A TELEPHONIC RELEASE NOTIFICATION WAS MADE TO THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS AND IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 4 GALLONS OF PRODUCT HAD CONTAMINATED THE SOIL. AT APPROXIMATELY 7:40 ON JUNE 5, 2018, A CONTRACTOR ARRIVED ON-SITE, TIGHTENED THE PACKING ON MOV 892, AND PERMANENTLY STOPPED THE LEAK. AT THIS TIME IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT AN ADDITIONAL 31 GALLONS OF CRUDE HAD LEAKED INTO THE NEWLY IMPLEMENTED CONTAINMENT UNDER MOV 892. THE LEAK WAS CONFINED TO BUCKEYE OWNED PROPERTY AND ALL REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DEATHS; NO IGNITION OF THE COMMODITY RELEASED; TRAFFIC DID NOT NEED TO BE RE-ROUTED; NO MEDIA WAS INVOLVED; AND ALL REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE CRUDE RELEASE HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO THE BREAKDOWN OF THE PACKING IN MOV 892, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED DURING MAINLINE VALVE INSPECTIONS EVERY 6 MONTHS, NOT TO EXCEED 7 1/2 MONTHS.