ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC

Incident Narrative

PIPELINE CONTROL RECEIVED NOTIFICATION ON 11/15/2012 AT 1247 HRS FROM OUR TECHNICIAN WHO WAS WORKING ON OUR EQUIPMENT ON THE BASF- PORT ARTHUR PLANT PROPERTY OF A SMALL ETHYLENE ICE BALL APX 1' WIDE ON A TOR FITTING ON THE P-87 12' ETHYLENE LINE. THE VOLUME OF ETHYLENE RELEASED AND CAUSE OF THE RELEASE ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. THE DECISION FROM FIELD MGT IS TO PUT A TEMPORARY REPAIR ON IT FOR NOW. WHEN BASF SCHEDULES THEIR TURNAROUND IN JANUARY, A PERMANENT REPAIR WILL BE MADE AT THAT TIME. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF ANY PLANT INTERRUPTIONS FROM THIS INCIDENT. THE P-87 LINE FROM PT. ARTHUR TO MT. BELVIEU HAS REMAINED IN NORMAL OPERATIONS AS REQUESTED BY FIELD MANAGEMENT. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF ANY INJURIES, ROAD CLOSURES, EVACUATIONS, AND NO WATER WAYS AFFECTED. THERE ALSO WERE NO INDICATIONS FROM OUR SCADA OF ANY ISSUES AT THE BASF PLANT ON OUR EQUIPMENT THAT IS MONITORED IN PIPELINE CONTROL. PER TRANSPORTATION COMPLIANCE, THIS IS NOT A REPORTABLE INCIDENT TO NRC BY VOLUME AT THIS TIME. THE MINIMUM $50,000 REPAIR COSTS WHICH MAKES IT NRC REPORTABLE WILL NOT BE DETERMINED UNTIL LATER, AT WHICH TIME PIPELINE CONTROL WILL NOTIFY NRC. 11/15/2012 UPDATE AT 18:37HRS - IT WAS DETERMINE AT THIS TIME THAT THE FABRICATED CLAMP TO STOP THE LEAK WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $76,000. NRC WAS NOTIFIED AT 19:30HRS. THE TXRRC WAS NOTIFIED AT 1905HRS. 11/17/2012 UPDATE AT 19:12 HRS - THE REPAIR CLAMP HAS BEEN INSTALLED AND THE LEAK HAS BEEN STOPPED. 01/24/2012 UPDATE - ON 01/23/2013 BASF PLANT SHUTDOWN FOR MAINTENANCE. DURING THIS SHUTDOWN ENTERPRISE CUTOUT ABOUT A 24 INCH SECTION OF PIPE WITH THE TOR FITTING AND REPLACED WITH A NEW PIECE OF PIPE. THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED 1/23/2013.