ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY

Incident Narrative

AT 1012 HOUR ON 12/3/15, PIPELINE CONTROL NOTICED A DROP IN FLOW AT THE RAMSEY PLANT. AT 1019 HOUR, LIQUID CONTROL RECEIVED AN AC POWER FAILURE ALARM AND AT 1220 HOUR, RECEIVED A LOW-LOW PRESSURE ALARM FROM THE RAMSEY METER STATION. FLOW RATES AT RED BLUFF PLANT BECAME VERY IRATE. LIQUID CONTROL COULD NOT REACH ANYONE AT RAMSEY PLANT BUT DID NOTIFY THE RED BLUFF PLANT TO INVESTIGATE THE PRESSURE AND FLOW. RED BLUFF PERSONNEL ADVISED THE RAMSEY PLANT HAD WHAT SEEMED TO BE AN INCIDENT. PIPELINE CONTROL DETERMINED IT BEST TO SHUT IN BOTH RED BLUFF AND RAMSEY PLANTS. RED BLUFF WAS SHUT IN AT 1040 HOUR. HOWEVER DUE TO POWER OUTAGE REMOTE VALVES COULD NOT BE CLEARED AT RAMSEY. IN ADDITION, THE ISOLATION VALVE AT WT-2 WAS SHUT IN TO PREVENT ANY BACK FLOW AT 1045 HOUR. ONCE EVERYTHING WAS ISOLATED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK ON THE SALT CREEK LATERAL BETWEEN RED BLUFF AND RAMSEY PLANT. THE LINE FROM RED BLUFF TO WT-2 WAS REOPENED AND RED BLUFF RESUMED FLOW AT 1227 HOUR. DUE TO THE RAMSEY PLANT FIRE, ETC PERSONNEL WERE NOT ALLOWED TO THE RAMSEY METER TO INVESTIGATE UNTIL 1600 HOUR, AT WHICH TIME IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT SOME PROJECTED DEBRIS HAD STRUCK THE PIG LAUNCHER, BREAKING OFF TWO, ONE INCH VALVES. ETC PERSONNEL ISOLATED THE PIG RECEIVER AND METER RUN, AND MADE SCENE SAFE AT 1615 HOUR ON 12/03/2015. THE PIPELINE REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE, DUE TO THE RAMSEY PLANT, BEING OUT OF COMMISSION. UPDATE: APRIL 5, 2016 ETC'S REPLACED NEW PIG BARREL, AND WAS IN SERVICE ON JAN 13, 2016, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE POWER FOR THE METER (FROM THE PLANT) UNTIL MARCH 2016. OUR FACILITY IS IN SERVICE AND READY TO FLOW, BUT THE PLANT HAS NOT FLOWED GAS TO US YET. WE'VE BEEN COMPLETELY READY TO TAKE GAS SINCE MARCH 2, 2016