HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS - OPERATING, L.P.

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Incident Information

Report Date
OperatorHOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS - OPERATING, L.P.
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates31.96828, -102.07291

Cause

CauseEXCAVATION DAMAGE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

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

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Incident Narrative

ON SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2014, EQUIPMENT OPERATED BY WILLBROS T&D SERVICES STRUCK HEP FINTEX/TRUST RIVER, L.P.'S FINTEX PIPELINE WHILE DIGGING A HOLE TO A DEPTH OF APPROXIMATELY 20 FT. ON THE EASEMENT OF THE FINTEX PIPELINE. AS A RESULT OF WILLBROS RUPTURE ON THE FINTEX PIPELINE, GASOLINE WAS RELEASED FROM THE PIPELINE AND A SIGNIFICANT QUANTITY OF THE RELEASED GASOLINE TRAVELED TO AND ALONG A NEARBY HIGHWAY BEFORE IT IGNITED. ON 7/24/2014, SECTIONS A 9 WAS UPDATED AND SECTION D 8(B) TOTAL DOLLARS OF COMMODITY LOST.

About This Pipeline Incident

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