WILLIAMS FIELD SERVICES
hazardous_liquid Incident — — July 21, 2014
Incident Information
| Incident Date | July 21, 2014 |
| Operator | WILLIAMS FIELD SERVICES |
| Commodity | HVL OR OTHER FLAMMABLE OR TOXIC FLUID WHICH IS A GAS AT AMBI |
| Pipeline Type | hazardous_liquid |
Location
| State | |
| Coordinates | 40.34117, -104.42402 |
Cause
| Cause | EQUIPMENT FAILURE |
| Subcause | DEFECTIVE OR LOOSE TUBING OR FITTING |
Casualties
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
Costs
| Property Damage | $664,000 |
| Emergency Response | $20,000 |
| Other Costs | $0 |
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Incident Narrative
7/21/2-14 AT 13:31 CENTRAL TIME ON OPPL PIPELINE CONTROL NOTIFIED OPPL OP/TECH OF POWER FAILER AT THE SOUTH PLATTE VALVE FACILITY. AT 15:05 CENTRAL TIME THE PLATTE VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED OPPL PIPELINE CONTROL OF A FIRE AT THE SOUTH PLATTE VALVE FACILITY. AT 15:06 CDLST OPPL OP/TECH WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE PLATTE VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HEADED TO THE FACILITY. PIPELINE BEGAN SHUTTING DOWN THE DJ LATERAL AT 15:10 AND THE OPPL OP/TECH ARRIVED ON SCENE AT 15:33. THE OP/TECH AND LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES ESTABLISHED AN INCIDENT COMMAND STRUCTURE AND COMMAND POST. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE STRATEGY WOULD BE TO ALLOW THE FIRE TO CONTINUE TO BURN. THE SITE WAS MANNED 24 HOURS A DAY BY OPPL PERSONNEL. 7/22/2014 INCIDENT COMMAND (OPPL) DEVELOPED AN INCIDENT ACTION PLAN TO SET STOPPLES NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE VALVE SETTING, USING TRUCK TRANSPORTS TO RECOVER AS MUCH OF THE LIQUID AS POSSIBLE, AND PURGE THE REMAINING VAPORS AND LIQUIDS WITH NITROGEN TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE MATERIALS AND CONTRACTOR RESOURCES BEGAN ARRIVING AND WERE ASSEMBLED IN A STAGING AREA. 7/23/2014 STOPPLE LOCTIONS WERE SELECTED THE NORTH STOPPLE WAS TAPPED. 7/24/2014 NORTH STOPPLE SET. CREWS MOVED TO THE SOUTH STOPPLE LOCATION, THE LINE WAS TAPPED AND THE STOPPLE WAS SET. TRANSPORTS WERE MOVED INTO PLACE AT THE SOUTH STOPPLE SETTING AND CREWS BEGAN VENTING THE LINE BETWEEN THE STOPPLES. 7/25/2014 VENTING OF THE LINE CONTINUED INTO TRANSPORTS. THE TRANSPORTS WERE MOVED TO THE NORTH STOPPLE SETTING AND A PORTABLE FLARE WAS CONNECTED TO BURN ANY REMAINING VAPORS. APPROXIMATELY 350 BARRELS OF LIQUID WERE RECOVERED. 7/26/2014 BEGAN TO PURGE THE SECTION OF LINE WITH NITROGEN FROM THE SOUTH STOPPLE SETTING. FLAME BEGGING TO DWINDLE 7/27/2014 CONTINUED THE NITROGEN PURGE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. EMERGENCY PHASE OF THE INCIDENT IS DECLARED OVER BY INCIDENT COMMAND 7/28/2014 SITE ENTRY MADE AND COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE FOR THE INCIDENT INVESTIGATION. REPAIRS OF THE LINE BEGAN. 7/29/2014 LINE BACK IN SERVICE AT 2050
About This Pipeline Incident
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