COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, LLC

Incident Narrative

ON 01/10/2014 AT ABOUT 14:15 HOURS TWO COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES CRUDE TRANSPORTATION (CRCT) EMPLOYEES WERE FAMILIARIZING THEMSELVES WITH FACILITIES AND PIG TRAP LOCATIONS ALONG THE VALLEY TO HOOSER PIPELINE SEGMENT. THE CRCT EMPLOYEES NOTICED A LEAK ON THE PIG TRAP 2 INCH DRAIN VALVE AND PERCEIVED THE ISSUE AS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT COULD EASILY BE CORRECTED. IN THE ABSENCE OF AN OQ EMPLOYEE, THE CRCT EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO TIGHTEN THE VALVE IN AN EFFORT TO STOP THE LEAK WHEN THE THREADED CONNECTION FAILED. THE FAILURE OF THE THREADED CONNECTION ALLOWED THE VALVE BODY WITH THE ATTACHED NIPPLE AND ELBOW TO SHOOT OFF OF THE END OF THE DRAIN LINE ABOUT 10 TO 15 FEET AWAY. ONE EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS SPRAYED WITH CRUDE OIL WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. HE THEN IMMEDIATELY UNLOCKED AND CLOSED THE MAINLINE VALVES TO DEPRESSURIZE THE PIG TRAP AND STOP THE RELEASE OF CRUDE OIL. ONCE THE LEAK WAS POSITIVELY ISOLATED, THE EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED HIS SUPERVISOR, OF THE INCIDENT AS WELL AS REQUESTING CLEANUP ASSISTANCE. CRCT PERSONNEL USED A VACUUM TRUCK, TO REMOVE FREE OIL FROM LOCATION WHERE IT HAD ACCUMULATED. AN ABSORBENT PRODUCT CALLED SPHAG SORB WAS SPREAD LIBERALLY OVER THE AFFECTED AREA IN AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT AND REMAINING OIL. A CRCT SUPERVISOR WALKED ALONG THE CREEK AREA, DID NOT OBSERVE ANY OIL, AND BELIEVED THAT THEY HAD CLEANED UP THE SPILLED OIL. THE INITIAL CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS WERE TERMINATED AT 15:20 HOURS. COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES REFINERY SECURITY CONTROL WAS CALLED AT 19:58 HOURS BY THE WINFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NOTIFIED THAT THE WINFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD REPORTED A SMALL LEAK AT THE PIG TRAP SITE HAD REACHED THE CREEK. SECURITY CONTROL MADE CONTACT WITH CRCT EHS, AT 20:06 HOURS WHO THEN NOTIFIED CRCT PIPELINE INTEGRITY MANAGER. AT THAT POINT THE SPILL BECAME REPORTABLE TO THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER, KDHE, KDEM, AND THE COWLEY COUNTY LEPC AND NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE. UPON ARRIVAL CRCT PERSONNEL OBSERVED THAT OIL HAD MADE ITS WAY TO THE CREEK AND WAS VISIBLE ON THE ICE THAT REMAINED IN THE CREEK. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE WATER DID NOT APPEAR TO BE MOVING VERY FAST AT THE TIME. CRCT DEPLOYED THE VACUUM TRUCK ALONG WITH BOOMS AND ABSORBENT TO REMOVE THE OIL AND CONTAIN THE SPILL AREA FOR CLEAN-UP. CLEANUP OPERATIONS WERE COMPLETED ON 1/13/2014. BOOMS AND HAY BALE BARRIERS WILL BE MAINTAINED ACROSS THE CREEK IN CASE ANY RESIDUAL OIL IS FLUSHED OUT BY SPRING RAIN EVENTS.