COUNTRYMARK REFINING AND LOGISTICS, LLC

Incident Narrative

ON JULY 13TH. 2015 AT 10:30 LOCAL TIME COUNTRYMARK RECEIVED A CALL FROM MARATHON PIPELINE THAT MARATHON'S AIR PATROL PILOT SPOTTED AN OIL SHEEN ON THE WABASH RIVER NEAR COUNTRYMARK'S RIVER CROSSING AND MARATHON'S RIVER CROSSING WHICH ARE NEAR GRAYVILLE, ILLINOIS. AT 10:58 LOCAL TIME COUNTRYMARK SHUT DOWN THE ALBION TO BOOSTER PIPELINE SECTION AND STARTED MONITORING PRESSURES. BY THAT TIME COUNTRYMARK HAD PUT INTO ACTION EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT TO INVESTIGATE, ISOLATE AND TRY TO CONTAIN THE SPILL, NOT BEING SURE IF IT WAS FROM COUNTRYMARK'S ALBION PIPELINE OR POSSIBLY FROM MARATHON'S PIPELINE. COUNTRYMARK SENT SURVEY AIRCRAFT TO INVESTIGATE AND GATHERED INFORMATION FROM THE SCADA SYSTEM TO HELP WITH THE DETERMINATION. COUNTRYMARK MADE A TELEPHONIC NOTIFICATION TO THE THE NRC OF A LEAK AT THAT LOCATION AT 12:40 LOCAL TIME, STILL NOT KNOWING IF IT WAS A COUNTRYMARK LEAK. THE LINE WAS ISOLATED BY 15:30 LOCAL TIME AT THE NEAREST VALVES ON EACH SIDE OF THE RIVER. AT 16:55 LOCAL TIME COUNTRYMARK PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THE SPILL WAS INDEED THE ALBION LINE LEAKING SO COUNTRYMARK CONTINUED THE EMERGENCY OPERATION AT FULL SPEED. OVER THE NEXT 5 DAYS CLEAN-UP PROCEEDED UNTIL ALL OF THE SHEEN ON THE RIVER HAD BEEN REMOVED AND ALL OF THE CONTAMINATED VEGETATION ALONG THE RIVER BANKS WAS PICKED UP FOR PROPER DISPOSAL. WILD LIFE INCLUDING BIRDS AND FISH WERE MONITORED ALL DURING THE CLEAN-UP EFFORTS AND UP TO THE DATE OF THIS FINAL REPORT. NO EVIDENCE OF HARM TO WILDLIFE WAS FOUND. COUNTRYMARK AS OF THE DATE OF THIS FINAL REPORT HAS COLLECTED 39 CUBIC YARDS OF OIL CONTAMINATED DEBRIS, INCLUDING ABSORBENTS, VEGETATION, AND FLOATING TIMBER. CONTINUING INSPECTIONS HAVE RESULTED IN POSITIVE RESULTS AND WE HAVE NOT FOUND ADDITIONAL OIL OR OIL CONTAMINATED DEBRIS SINCE THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL PRELIMINARY REPORT. AT THE DATE AND TIME OF THE ORIGINAL REPORT COUNTRYMARK WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OR EXACT LOCATION OF THE PIPELINE LEAK BECAUSE OF EXTREMELY HIGH WATER IN THE RIVER AND IN THE BACKWATERS OF THE RIVER. THE NECESSARY WORK SITE WAS INACCESSIBLE TO PIPELINE WORK CREWS FOR PIPELINE EXCAVATION AND INSPECTION WORK AT THE SUSPECTED LEAK LOCATION. AS SOON AS THE WEATHER AND WATER CONDITIONS PERMITTED COUNTRYMARK INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL CAUSE AND LOCATION. RESULTS OF THAT INVESTIGATION INDICATED THROUGH ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS SUBSTANTIATED BY FIELD EXAMINATION AND METALLURGICAL FAILURE ANALYSIS CONDUCTED BY AN INDEPENDENT LABORATORY (IMR TEST LABS), THAT A FATIGUE CRACK DEVELOPED CAUSING A SMALL LEAK. A THIRD PARTY DIVE SURVEY DETERMINED THAT A CONTRIBUTING ""ROOT"" CAUSE OF THE PIPELINE FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN EXPANDED SEGMENT OF THE PIPE BEING OUT IN THE CURRENT DUE TO EARTH MOVEMENT. THE RECENT FLOODING HAD APPARENTLY CAUSED A WASHOUT OF THE RIVERBED ADJACENT TO THE FRACTURE LOCATION. IT WAS INDICATED THAT ONE OF THE PIPELINE WEIGHT MOORINGS HAD BROKEN FROM THE PIPELINE, WHICH WOULD INCREASE BENDING LOADS/STRESSES ON THE PIPE. COUNTRYMARK HAS MADE THE NECESSARY REPLACEMENT WORK BORING A NEW PIPE BELOW THE RIVER BOTTOM IN ORDER TO PUT THE PIPELINE BACK INTO SERVICE. IT IS NOW OPERATING NORMALLY.