HARVEST PIPELINE COMPANY

Incident Narrative

THE BLACK BAY OIL PIPELINE IS AN UNREGULATED GATHERING LINE. THIS ACCIDENT IS BEING REPORTED BECAUSE THE PIPELINE IS LOCATED IN AN INLET TO THE GULF OF MEXICO.3/16/14 - T. BAKER SMITH(TBS) WAS MOBILIZED TO VENICE, LA BY EH&S CONSULTING SERVICES INC. TO PROVIDE SURVEY SERVICES TO ASSIST USCG IN IDENTIFYING EXISTING PIPELINES IN THE AREA OF THE LEAK. 3/17/14 - TBS CREW MET WITH ES&H IN THE MORNING AND TRAVELED TO THE WORK SITE BUT WIND AND SEA CONDITIONS PREVENTED ANY SURVEY WORK. 3/18/14 - THE CREW RETURNED TO THE SITE WITH EH&S, USCG AND J&J DIVING AND PERFORMED THE FIELD WORK. 3/19/14 - TBS PROVIDED GIS INFORMATION FOR THE PIPELINE LOCATED IN THE AREA. IDENTIFYING THERE WAS ONLY ONE PIPELINE EXISTING NEAR THE STRUCTURE THAT RAN NORTH-SOUTH DIRECTION. LEAK WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE STRUCTURE. HARVEST PIPELINE COMPANY (HPC) WAS CONTACTED BY USCG ABOUT A SMALL DISCHARGE IN BLACK BAY LOCATED AT 29 28' 00.97 N -89 30' 53.43' W. 3/20/14 - USCG BOOMED OFF AROUND A STRUCTURE NICKNAMED 'THE BIRDCAGE'. USCG DISCUSSED WITH HPC THEIR INTENTIONS REGARDING THE SITUATION AND HPC REPRESENTATIVES STATED THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS THEIR PIPELINE BUT WOULD PERFORM ANY REPAIRS NECESSARY TO STOP THE LEAK UNTIL THEY COULD PROVE THE OWNERSHIP OF THE PIPELINE. HPC SENT DOCUMENTATION AND GIS FILES TO SHOW THE LOCATION OF THEIR PIPELINE. 3/21/14 - HPC SENT DIVERS OUT TO THE LEAK LOCATION. DIVERS REPAIRED THE LEAK WITH A CLAMP BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO LOCATE HPC'S PIPELINE THAT DAY DUE TO DELAYS FROM BAD WEATHER. HPC HAD DIVERS ON STANDBY TO LOCATE HPC'S LINE WHEN WEATHER PERMITTED. 3/25/14 - USCG INFORMED HPC OF A NEW SHEEN ON THE WATER. HPC CONTRACTED THE DIVE CREW THAT WAS ON STANDBY FOR LOCATING HPC'S PIPELINE TO INVESTIGATE THE SUSPECTED LEAK SOURCE AND PERFORM ANY NECESSARY REPAIRS AS SOON AS WEATHER PERMITTED. 3/27/14 - DIVERS REPLACED A PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED CLAMP, CYCLED THE HELIS FACILITY PUMPS AND OBSERVED NO FURTHER SHEENS. HPC OPERATOR'S WERE ON-SITE AND REPORTED THERE WAS NO VISIBLE SHEEN OR SIGNS OF A LEAK IN THE AREA AFTERWARDS. HPC CONTRACTED T. BAKER TO PERFORM A MAGNETOMETER/JET PROBE SURVEY OF THE LINE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HPC DEPLOYED HARD AND SOFT BOOM AROUND THE LEAK SITE AND HAD PERSONNEL ON-SITE EVERY DAY UNTIL THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. ALL SHEENS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT HAVE DISSIPATED. 3/28/14 - HPC WAS SERVED WITH AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER FROM THE USCG. HPC'S EH&S MANGER RESPONDED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER SENDING A LETTER VIA EMAIL TO THE USCG. HPC STATED THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE USCG SINCE LATE 2013 TO INVESTIGATE AND REPAIR AN INTERMITTENT LEAK IN BLACK BAY, LOUISIANA. WHILE THE LINE'S OWNERSHIP WAS STILL NOT CLEAR, HPC HAS AND WOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT THE AREA'S SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES. HPC DEPLOYED HARD AND SOFT BOOM AROUND THE LEAK SITE AND WOULD HAVE PERSONNEL ON-SITE UNTIL THIS ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. 3/31/14 - LDNR WENT OUT TO THE SITE WITH HPC FIELD PERSONNEL AND REVIEWED LINE SURVEY ALONG WITH JET PROBING. SOME PICTURES WERE TAKEN OF THE BIRDCAGE AND HELIS PLATFORM. LDNR HEADED BACK IN TO SHORE BECAUSE WEATHER WAS GETTING ROUGH. PIPELINE SURVEY WORK WOULD CONTINUE WITH TBS AS WEATHER PERMITS. 4/5/2014 - HPC OPERATIONS ENGINEER REPORTED TO THE USCG AT APPROX. 10 AM THAT THE LEAK WAS BELIEVED TO BE HPC'S BLACK BAY 8' PIPELINE BUT WAS WAITING FOR FINAL VERIFICATION FROM THE SURVEY CREW THAT WAS OUT THERE JETTING AND SURVEYING HPC'S PIPELINE. 4/7/2014 - USCG REQUESTED HPC HOLD A REPAIR PLAN MEETING WITH THEM SOMETIME DURING THE WEEK OF THE 3/7/14. A REPAIR PLAN WAS CREATED JUST IN CASE THE TBS DID CONFIRM THAT THIS WAS A HPC PIPELINE. 4/8/14 - A REPAIR PLAN WAS SUBMITTED TO THE USCG BY THE OPERATIONS ENGINEER. A CONFERENCE CALL MEETING WAS HELD WITH LDNR, USCG, HPC'S EH&S MANAGER, AREA OPERATIONS MANAGER, PIPELINE COMPLIANCE MANAGER AND OPERATIONS ENGINEER TO DISCUSS THE REPAIR PLAN. LDNR REQUESTED TO PROVIDE