KOCH PIPELINE COMPANY, L.P.

Incident Narrative

KPL OPERATING PERSONNEL STARTED THE PROCESS TO REPLACE A POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMP AT THE SUNFIELD STATION WITH A REBUILT PUMP ON 06/10/2014. ON 06/11/2014, KPL OPERATING PERSONNEL COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF THE REBUILT PUMP. AT APPROXIMATELY 09:12AM, THE OPERATORS CONTACTED THE PIPELINE CONTROL CENTER, AND HAD THE CONTROL CENTER START THE PUMP TO VERIFY IT WAS OPERATING CORRECTLY. THE PUMP WAS STOPPED AND STARTED MULTIPLE TIMES, AND A SECOND PUMP WAS STARTED TO PLACE PRESSURE ON THE REPLACED PUMP. THE PIPELINE CONTROL CENTER WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE PUMP WAS OPERATING CORRECTLY, AND THE OPERATORS LEFT THE STATION. AT APPROXIMATELY 11:28AM, THE PIPELINE CONTROL CENTER RECEIVED A FIVE MINUTE PLSD ALARM. THE ALARM WAS CLEARED BY LEAK DETECTION AS THE IMBALANCE WAS ANTICIPATED WITH THE RECENT STARTUP OF ADDITIONAL PUMPS. AT APPROXIMATELY 11:35AM, A TWENTY FIVE MINUTE PLSD ALARM WAS RECEIVED, AND THE PIPELINE CONTROL CENTER SHUT DOWN THE LINE AT 11:36AM AND CONTACTED LOCAL KPL OPERATING PERSONNEL TO INVESTIGATE. THE LOCAL KPL OPERATING PERSONNEL ARRIVED ONSITE AT APPROXIMATELY 12:25PM, AND CONFIRMED THAT THE REPLACED PUMP'S SEAL PACKING HAD FAILED, RELEASING APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FIVE BARRELS OF CRUDE ONTO THE SOIL. THE LOCAL OPERATORS MANUALLY CLOSED VALVES TO STOP THE FLOW OF PRODUCT.