PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC

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Incident Information

Report Date
OperatorPHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates37.12897, -97.05156

Cause

CauseEQUIPMENT FAILURE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage
Lost Commodity
Public/Private Damage
Emergency Response
Environmental Remediation
Other Costs

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Incident Narrative

AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM ON 9/26/14 DURING NORMAL MAINTENANCE ROUNDS, PIPELINER DISCOVERED A SMALL LEAK OF BUTANE ESCAPING FROM THE STEM PACKING WEEP HOLE ON BLOCK VALVE W-15 NEAR MP 30 ON PP-03 LINE. REPACKING THE VALVE STEM PER MANUFACTURER INSTRUCTION AND GUIDANCE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. EQUIPMENT WAS INSTALLED TO DIRECT THE SMALL AMOUNT OF LEAKAGE INTO CONTAINMENT AND THE VALVE WAS REPLACED ON 9-29. UPDATES BELOW PER B. PIERZINA REQUEST ON 1-5-2015: 2015-1-26 - UPDATED PART A-14 WITH PIPELINE SHUTDOWN INFORMATION. INFORMATION ENTERED WAS INITIAL SHUTDOWN TIME. PIPELINE WAS RESTARTED TO REPLACE THE HVL IN THE PIPE AT THIS LOCATION WITH NON HVL PRODUCT TO FACILITATE REPAIRS. SECOND PIPELINE SHUTDOWN OCCURRED ONCE NON HVL WAS IN PLACE ON 9-29-2014 AT 11:11 AND RESTARTED AFTER VALVE REPLACEMENT ON 9-29-2014 AT 19:04. 2015-1-26 - UPDATED PART G-6 WITH ""NON THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE"" (SEAL (NOT PUMP SEAL) OR PACKING) PER PHMSA REQUEST. 2015-1-26 - PART D UPDATED TO DOCUMENT NO SOIL CONTAMINATION. BLATCJM 2015-1-26 UPDATED MULTIPLE SECTIONS DUE TO PHMSA FORM REQUIREMENT CHANGES FROM DATE OF ORIGINAL SUBMISSION TO PRESENT.

About This Pipeline Incident

Pipeline incident data is reported to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). All significant incidents involving fatalities, injuries, or property damage over $50,000 must be reported.

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