HARVEST PIPELINE COMPANY

Incident Narrative

THERE WERE TWO REPORTED ACCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED ON THE PEARSALL PIPELINE DOWNSTREAM OF DILLEY STATION. THIS REPORT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AT WILSON RANCH. THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACCIDENT WAS INITIALLY ESTIMATED AT $40,000. ONCE THE COST WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING OVER $50,000 ALL NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE AS REQUIRED BY PART 195. ON APRIL 11TH AT APPROXIMATELY 11:02 AERIAL PATROL IDENTIFIED SIGNS OF A LEAK ON THE PEARSALL PIPELINE DOWNSTREAM OF DILLEY STATION NEAR WILSON RANCH. THE PIPELINE WAS SHUT-IN AT APPROXIMATELY 11:36 BASED ON THIS POSSIBILITY. THE OPERATOR ARRIVED ONSITE AT APPROXIMATELY 13:00. IT WAS THEN DECIDED TO INCREASE THE AERIAL PATROL FREQUENCY AND ON APRIL 12TH (WITH THE PIPELINE SHUT-IN) AND AT APPROXIMATELY 14:05 AN ADDITIONAL LEAK WAS IDENTIFIED ON THE PIPELINE NEAR BURNS RANCH (PHMSA REPORT NUMBER 20180130-30531). PREVENTATIVE MEASURE TO KEEP FROM REOCCURRING THE IN-LINE INSPECTION (ILI) SCHEDULED FOR 2021 WAS ACCELERATED TO 2018 AS A RESULT OF A LEAK THAT OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 14, 2017. DURING PROGRESSIVE CLEANING OPERATIONS IN PREPARATION FOR THE ILI RUN TWO REPORTABLE LEAKS WERE IDENTIFIED. THE LINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND TEMPORARY REPAIR CLAMPS WERE INSTALLED ON THE LEAK LOCATIONS. CONTAMINATED SOILS WERE REMOVED AND PROGRESSIVE CLEANING OPERATIONS CONTINUED. THE ILI WAS COMPLETED APRIL 19, 2018. BASED ON THE 2018 ILI DATA, APPROXIMATELY 8.5 MILES OF PIPE WAS REPLACED. THE LINE WAS PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE ON AUGUST 20, 2018. ADDITIONAL REQUESTED INFORMATION 48 HR NRC NOTIFICATION WAS MADE 4/18/18: # 1209618. 3F & 3G: THIS PIPELINE WAS ACQUIRED FROM ANOTHER OPERATOR. THE PIPE MANUFACTURER AND YEAR OF MANUFACTURE IS NOT KNOWN.