CENTURION PIPELINE L.P.

Incident Narrative

ONE-CALL TICKET #1381529934 WAS ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 11, 2013 BY FERGUSON CONSTRUCTION, A KINDER MORGAN CONTRACTOR. CPL PERSONNEL MARKED THE TWO CPL LINES IN A PLANTED COTTON FIELD. THE LEGACY MAPS OF THE LINES FAILED TO INDICATE THAT THE TWO LINES CROSSED IN THE FIELD, SO CPL PERSONNEL THOUGHT THAT THE TWO LINES WERE PARALLEL THROUGH THE FIELD. A KINDER MORGAN 8"" PIPELINE, ALSO LOCATED 10' TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CPL 6"" LINE AND DIRECTLY ABOVE THE CPL 8"" LINE WAS NEVER FLAGGED OR IDENTIFIED TO EITHER THE FERGUSON CREW OR CPL PERSONNEL. THE FERGUSON EXCAVATION CREW ARRIVED AT THE FIRST OF THE FLAGGED LINES ON JANUARY 30, 2014. CPL PERSONNEL WERE ON SITE AS THE FERGUSON CREW HAND DUG AROUND THE FIRST LINE. BASED ON THE MAP, THE CPL TECH EXPECTED THIS LINE TO BE THE CPL 8"" LINE. HOWEVER, THIS WAS A 6"" PIPELINE. THE FERGUSON CREW EXCAVATED AROUND THIS LINE WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE CPL TECH INSTRUCTED THE CREW TO HAND DIG THE NEXT LINE UNTIL THE LINE WAS FULLY EXPOSED. THIS LINE WAS ALSO A 6"" LINE. THE CPL TECH EXPECTED THIS TO BE THE 8"" CPL LINE. HE BECAME ALARMED AND ORDERED THE CREW TO CEASE EXCAVATION UNTIL THE 8"" LINE COULD BE IDENTIFIED. THE FERGUSON CREW COMPLIED AND SHUT DOWN THE TRACK-HOE. THE FERGUSON CREW MOVED TO THE NORTH AND HAND DUG TO EXPOSE MORE OF THIS LINE, WHICH WAS AN 8"" LINE. THE CPL TECH BELIEVED THAT THIS 8"" PIPE WAS THE CPL LINE AND HE MARKED THIS LINE WITH PAINT AND FLAGS. THE EXCAVATING CREW MOVED NORTH TO THE 8"" LINE AND COMPLETED EXPOSING IT BY HAND DIGGING. THE TRACK-HOE OPERATOR THEN COMPLETED THE EXCAVATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE 8"" LINE WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE CPL PIPELINE, LYING DIRECTLY UNDER THIS LINE, WAS NOT SEEN BY THE EXCAVATING CREW AT THIS POINT. THE TRACK-HOE OPERATOR MOVED TO REACH OVER THE EXPOSED 8"" LINE TO BEGIN REMOVING SOIL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LINE. AS THE SOIL REMOVAL REACHED THE CPL 8"" LINE DEPTH, ABOUT 7' OF COVER, THE OPERATOR STRUCK THE CPL LINE AT AN ANGLE WITH THE TEETH ON THE CORNER OF THE TRACK-HOE BUCKET. THIS ANGULAR STRIKE CAUSED AN IMMEDIATE PUNCTURE IN THE CPL LINE. THE CPL 8"" LINE WAS IN IDLE STATUS, WITH ONLY 80 PSIG BACK-PRESSURE ON THE LINE. DUE TO THIS IDLE STATUS, THERE WAS NO LARGE SPRAY OF OIL. THE OIL FLOWED INTO THE 15' DEEP EXCAVATION AND WAS TOTALLY CONTAINED THERE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL, NO DAMAGE TO ANY EQUIPMENT, NO FIRE AND NO OVERLAND OIL FLOW. THE CPL TECH IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED CENTURION MANAGEMENT OF THE INCIDENT AND FOLLOWED THE PROPER RESPONSE PROCEDURES. FROM PART G-17: THE TRACK HOE BUCKET TEETH SHOULD HAVE BEEN BARRED, AS WAS DONE AFTER THE LINE STRIKE. KINDER MORGAN WAS LISTED AS AN AFFECTED PARTY ON ALL OF THE ONE-CALL TICKETS, BUT NO ONE FROM KINDER MORGAN EVER RESPONDED TO MARK THEIR LINES OR TO NOTIFY CPL OR FERGUSON PERSONNEL THAT A KINDER MORGAN 6"" LINE WAS MISTAKENLY IDENTIFIED WITH CPL FLAGS.