BUCKEYE PARTNERS, LP

Incident Narrative

ON FRIDAY MAY 17, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:50 CST A FARMER REPORTED A STAIN IN HIS FIELD IN GREENVILLE IL., TO BUCKEYE'S BREINIGSVILLE PA CONTROL CENTER. LOCAL OPERATIONS PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE AND WALKED THE AREA OF CONCERN, CONFIRMING THE PRESENCE OF AN 8' X 10' DARK STAIN ABOVE THE 165 LINE AT GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) COORDINATES N38.95973 W-89.44549. THE 165 LINE WAS SHUT DOWN BY THE BREINIGSVILLE CONTROL CENTER. TWO MANUAL VALVES WERE ALSO CLOSED. ALL APPLICABLE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE. ALL COMPANY PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS WERE INITIATED TIMELY AND EFFECTIVELY. INVESTIGATION EFFORTS DETECTED A PIN HOLE IN THE PIPE SEAM. PHASED ARRAY ANALYSIS REVEALED TWO ADDITIONAL INDICATIONS IN UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM POSITIONS FROM THE LEAK LOCATION. THESE INDICATIONS WERE NOT RELEASING PRODUCT. TEMPORARY REPAIRS TO THE 165 LINE,CONSISTED OF THE INSTALLATION OF A PLIDCO SLEEVE, B-SLEEVE AND BLACK DIAMOND WRAP WERE MADE. THE LINE WAS RESTARTED ON SUNDAY MAY 19, 2013 AND WILL OPERATE AT A REDUCED MOP UNTIL PERMANENT REPAIRS ARE MADE . PERMANENT REPAIRS WILL INCLUDE THE CUT OUT AND REPLACEMENT OF THE LENGTH OF THE PIPE JOINT THAT EXPERIENCED THE RELEASE AND INDICATIONS. THE REMOVED PIPE WILL BE SENT FOR METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS. ROOT CAUSE WILL BE DETERMINED UPON COMPLETION OF THE ANALYSIS. UPDATE DECEMBER 26, 2013 THE RESULTS OF THE METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS INDICATE THAT THE PIPE LEAKED AT A LACK-OF FUSION (LOF) DEFECT LOCATED AT THE BOND LINE OF THE ERW SEAM. THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE DEFECT INDICATED THAT IT WAS THROUGH WALL. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF IN-SERVICE GROWTH, BY FATIGUE OF ANY OTHER GROWTH MECHANISM, OF THE DEFECT.