ENTERPRISE CRUDE PIPELINE LLC

Incident Narrative

AT 10:30 AM, CONTRACT PERSONNEL NOTIFIED OPERATIONS OF CRUDE ON THE GROUND NEAR A FLANGE ON TANK 5654. OPERATIONS ARRIVED AT 10:40 AM AND CONFIRMED A CRUDE LEAK COMING FROM THE TANK FLANGE. FLANGE BOLTS WERE TIGHTENED, STOPPING THE LEAK. ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND CLEANUP BEGAN IMMEDIATELY. UPDATE (10/2/2018): ON MARCH 26, 2018, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE FLANGE BOLTS WERE NOT TORQUED CORRECTLY. FLANGE BOLTS WERE TIGHTENED AND LEAK WAS ELIMINATED. UPDATE (10/29/2018): IN APRIL 2017, TANK 5654 WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR 653 INSPECTION. WHILE THIS TANK WAS OUT OF SERVICE A NEW 30 INCH LINE AND MANIFOLD WAS DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED AT OUR MIDLAND TANK FARM, SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT TANK 5654 OPERATIONS. THIS NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT HAD A DIFFERENT CONTRACTING CREW THAN THE 653 INSPECTION CREW. ON MARCH 15, 2018 THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED PIPELINE WAS CONNECTED TO THE TANK 5654, THE TANK WAS PUT INTO SERVICE MARCH 26, 2018. ONCE THE TANK WAS PUT INTO SERVICE AND THE NEW PIPELINE SAW PRESSURE, A LEAK WAS DISCOVERED ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE FLANGED CONNECTION. THE FLANGE BOLTS WERE TIGHTENED TO ELIMINATE THE LEAK SOURCE. THE INCIDENT INVESTIGATION BEGAN APRIL 3,2018 AND AT THAT TIME OQ'S WERE A CONCERN BUT THE CONTRACTOR UTILIZED FOR NEW PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION HAD DEMOBILIZED. ENTERPRISE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN OQ DOCUMENTATION FROM CONTRACTING COMPANY BUT DUE TO PERSONNEL TURNOVER THIS EFFORT RESULTED WITH NO INFORMATION. WE CONFIRMED ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 THE INDIVIDUAL WHO TORQUED THE PIPELINE/TANK FLANGE AND THE FACT THAT HE WAS NOT OQ QUALIFIED.