MID - VALLEY PIPELINE CO
hazardous_liquid Incident — — December 19, 2016
Incident Information
| Incident Date | December 19, 2016 |
| Operator | MID - VALLEY PIPELINE CO |
| Commodity | CRUDE OIL |
| Pipeline Type | hazardous_liquid |
Location
| State | |
| Coordinates | 32.93300, -92.55922 |
Cause
| Cause | EQUIPMENT FAILURE |
| Subcause | PUMP OR PUMP-RELATED EQUIPMENT |
Casualties
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
Costs
| Property Damage | $324,388 |
| Emergency Response | $4,463 |
| Other Costs | $0 |
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Incident Narrative
ON 12/19/2016 THE CONTROL CENTER WAS ATTEMPTING TO STARTUP SPEARSVILLE UNIT 1. THE STARTUP COMMAND TIMED OUT, HOWEVER UNIT 2 SHOWED A LOCKOUT STATUS BUT NO COMMAND HAD BEEN SENT TO STARTUP UNIT 2 AND IT WAS NOT INDICATING A RUN STATUS. LOCAL OPERATOR WAS SENT TO THE SITE TO INVESTIGATE AND FOUND THAT UNIT 2 WAS RUNNING. UNIT 2 WAS SHUT DOWN MANUALLY BY THE OPERATOR WHO ALSO OBSERVED THAT THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM HAD ACTIVATED AND DISCHARGED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT UNIT 2 HAD STARTED UP UNCOMMANDED AND WITH THE SUCTION AND DISCHARGE VALVES CLOSED THE UNIT RAN UNTIL HIGH TEMPERATURE DAMAGED THE SEALS RESULTING IN APPROXIMATELY 5 GALLONS OF OIL TO BE RELEASED TO CONTAINMENT AND A SUBSEQUENT IGNITION OF THE PRODUCT DUE TO THE HIGH UNIT TEMPERATURE. PROGRAMMING FOR UNIT 1 HAS BEEN VERIFIED TO ALLOW OPERATION OF THE STATION. SUBSEQUENTLY UNIT 2 WAS REPAIRED, PROGRAMMING VERIFICATION WAS COMPLETED AND THE UNIT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.
About This Pipeline Incident
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