DOUBLE EAGLE PIPELINE LLC

Incident Narrative

ON 2/6/17 KINDER MORGAN'S DOUBLE EAGLE PIPELINE EXPERIENCED A RELEASE OF 1.04 BBLS OF CRUDE CONDENSATE INTO ENGINEERED CONCRETE CONTAINMENT AT ITS GARDENDALE TERMINAL IN COTULLA TX, LA SALLE COUNTY. AT APPROXIMATELY 07:30, DURING A ROUTINE FACILITY INSPECTION, A LOCAL TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THE RELEASE OF PRODUCT FROM THE THREADED CONNECTION OF A 1"" CHECK VALVE FOR THERMAL RELIEF ON PUMP P-100'S SUCTION SIDE PIPING. PUMP P-100 AND ASSOCIATED PIPING WERE ISOLATED BY OUR HOUSTON CONTROL CENTER. THEN THE LOCAL TECHNICIAN IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED HIS SUPERVISOR AND THE OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLAN WAS PUT INTO ACTION. ONCE KINDER MORGAN PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THE RELEASE AMOUNT TO BE GREATER THAN 5 GALLONS STATE AUTHORITIES (RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TX PIPELINE SAFETY) WERE NOTIFIED TELEPHONICALLY AT 0839 HOURS. THIS TELEPHONIC REPORT WAS DONE WITHIN ONE HOUR OF CONFIRMED DISCOVERY. THE KINDER MORGAN SPILL RESPONSE CONTRACTOR ARRIVED ON SITE AND CLEANUP BEGAN IMMEDIATELY. ALL RELEASED CRUDE CONDENSATE WAS RECOVERED VIA A VACUUM TRUCK AND RETURNED TO THE PIPELINE SYSTEM. METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS HAS DETERMINED THE THREADED PIPE FAILED DUE TO LOW STRESS, HIGH-CYCLE FATIGUE (VIBRATION). THE THREADED PIPE WAS REPLACED AND SUPPORT WAS ADDED TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FATIGUE. SIMILAR THREADED CONNECTIONS AT THIS FACILITY WERE ALSO INSPECTED AND HAD SUPPORTS ADDED.