"MAGELLAN PIPELINE COMPANY, LP"

hazardous_liquid Incident — — July 18, 2018

Incident Information

Incident DateJuly 18, 2018
Operator"MAGELLAN PIPELINE COMPANY, LP"
CommodityREFINED AND/OR PETROLEUM PRODUCT (NON-HVL) WHICH IS A LIQUID
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates32.05419, -96.89515

Cause

CauseMATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD
SubcauseORIGINAL MANUFACTURING-RELATED (NOT GIRTH WELD OR OTHER WELDS FORMED IN THE FIELD)

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage$30,000
Emergency Response$390,000
Other Costs$0

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Incident Narrative

"ON 7/18/18, A MAGELLAN OPERATOR WAS GROUND PATROLLING ASSETS WHEN AN AREA OF DEAD VEGETATION WAS OBSERVED ON THE ROW. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THE FROST-HEARNE LINE WAS NOT RUNNING. OPERATIONS CONTROL WAS NOTIFIED AND ISOLATION VALVES ON THE FROST-HEARNE LINE WERE CLOSED. ALL OTHER MAGELLAN PIPELINES IN THE AREA WERE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN. INVESTIGATIVE EVENT PROCEDURES WERE IMPLEMENTED AND RESOURCES RESPONDED TO THE SITE. IMPACTED SOIL WAS EXCAVATED AND PROPERLY DISPOSED. FIELD NDE INDICATED THE RELEASE ORIGINATED FROM A CRACK INDICATION IN THE ERW LONGITUDINAL SEAM. THE RELEASE WAS REPAIRED BY INSTALLATION OF A TYPE B SLEEVE. A REVIEW OF THE ULTRASONIC CRACK DETECTION INLINE INSPECTION DATA WAS CONDUCTED BY THE ILI VENDOR TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS WITH SIMILAR RAW DATA CHARACTERISTICS. TWO LOCATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED, EXCAVATED, AND REPAIRED BY INSTALLATION OF TYPE B SLEEVES. 48-HR NRC UPDATE: REPORT # 1219024, 7/20/18 15:36 SUPPLEMENTAL/FINAL FILED UPDATES (09/05/2018 ): PART A4, A18 C3A, AND PART H NARRATIVE"

About This Pipeline Incident

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