"MAGELLAN TERMINALS HOLDINGS, LP"

hazardous_liquid Incident — — June 10, 2019

Incident Information

Incident DateJune 10, 2019
Operator"MAGELLAN TERMINALS HOLDINGS, LP"
CommodityREFINED AND/OR PETROLEUM PRODUCT (NON-HVL) WHICH IS A LIQUID
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates27.81023, -97.43763

Cause

CauseINCORRECT OPERATION
Subcause"VALVE LEFT OR PLACED IN WRONG POSITION, BUT NOT RESULTING IN A TANK, VESSEL, OR SUMP/SEPARATOR OVERFLOW OR FACILITY OVERPRESSURE"

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage$0
Emergency Response$2,000
Other Costs$0

Location Map

Incident Narrative

"ON 6/10/2019, OPERATIONS PERSONNEL OBSERVED PRODUCT LEAKING FROM 3/4"" BLEEDER VALVES ON THE PROVER AT THE CORPUS CHRISTI FACILITY. THE LOCAL CONTROL CENTER WAS NOTIFIED TO SHUT DOWN PROVER ACTIVITIES AND MAINLINE MOVEMENTS. ISOLATION VALVES WERE CLOSED TO ISOLATE THE PROVER FROM FACILITY OPERATIONS. CLEANUP ACTIVITIES WERE INITIATED. THE RELEASE WAS CONTAINED WITH A CONCRETE PIT. A VACUUM TRUCK WAS USED TO COLLECT THE PRODUCT. ON 6/6/2019, A TECHNICIAN WAS PERFORMING A WATER DRAW ON THE PROVER. UPON COMPLETION OF THE WATER DRAW ACTIVITIES, THE FITTINGS WERE REMOVED AND BLIND FLANGES WERE INSTALLED. THE 3/4"" BLEEDER VALVES WERE INADVERTENTLY LEFT IN THE OPEN POSITION. ON 6/10/2019, A MAINLINE MOVEMENT WAS SCHEDULED AND PROVER ACTIVITIES WERE INITIATED. THE INTRODUCTION OF PRODUCT INTO THE PROVER AND SUBSEQUENT PROVER ACTIVITIES RESULTED IN A RELEASE FROM THE OPEN BLEEDER VALVES. THE RELEASE WAS STOPPED BY CLOSING THE BLEEDER VALVES. THE GASKETS WERE INSPECTED AND THE BLIND FLANGES WERE REINSTALLED. PROVER WATERDRAW PROCEDURES WERE REVIEWED WITH AFFECTED EMPLOYEES. . A SITE SPECIFIC PROCEDURE WAS DEVELOPED TO UTILIZE ""VALVE OPEN"" SIGNAGE FOR ANY MANUALLY OPERATED VALVES. ALL EMPLOYEES RECEIVED TRAINING ON THE SITE SPECIFIC PROCEDURE AND THE PRESSURE READINESS PROCEDURE DURING SAFETY MEETINGS CONDUCTED JULY 8 AND JULY 9, 2019. SUPPLEMENTAL/FINAL (8/02/2019): UPDATED PART A1, A2, C6, AND PART H NARRATIVE"

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