DOUBLE EAGLE PIPELINE LLC

Incident Narrative

ON 8/4/15 KINDER MORGAN'S DOUBLE EAGLE PIPELINE EXPERIENCED A RELEASE OF 138.3 BBL. OF CONDENSATE AT ITS GARDENDALE TERMINAL IN COTULLA TX, LA SALLE COUNTY. AT APPROXIMATELY 07:45, A KINDER MORGAN OPERATOR ARRIVED ONSITE AT THE GARDENDALE TERMINAL AND DISCOVERED A CONDENSATE RELEASE HAD BREACHED SECONDARY CONTAINMENT AND SPILLED ON THE FACILITY GROUND. IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK WAS THE P-500 BOOSTER PUMP. THE OPERATOR IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED HIS SUPERVISOR, ISOLATED THE RELEASE, AND PUT THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN (ERP) INTO ACTION. BASED ON AN ESTIMATED CLEANUP COST EXCEEDING $50, 000, THE NRC WAS NOTIFIED (INCIDENT #1124721) AS WELL AS STATE AUTHORITIES (RRC OF TX PIPELINE SAFETY/RRC OF TX OIL AND GAS/TCEQ). THE KINDER MORGAN OSRO ARRIVED ON SITE AND CLEANUP AND REMEDIATION BEGAN IMMEDIATELY. AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT A BRASS HEAD SHAFT BUSHING WHICH HOLDS THE PUMP SHAFT IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MOTOR BECAME LOOSE AND ALLOWED THE SHAFT TO RUN MISALIGNED EVENTUALLY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HEAD SHAFT AND PUMP SEAL RESULTING IN THE RELEASE OF PRODUCT. AN ORIGINAL 7000.1 WAS SUBMITTED 8/28/2015 WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF THE RELEASE AT $437,326.00 (7000.1 PART D QUESTION 8G). AS OF 8/3/16 THE UPDATED AMOUNT IS $480,266.00, AND THE REMEDIATION PROJECT HAS MOVED TO THE OPERATOR CLEANUP PROGRAM UNDER THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION OIL & GAS DIVISION. KINDER MORGAN BELIEVES FUTURE WORK WILL NOT DRAMATICALLY ALTER THE FINDINGS IN THIS SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT. WE THEREFORE SUBMIT THIS AS A SUPPLEMENTAL AND FINAL REPORT.