LION OIL TRADING & TRANSPORTATION, INC

hazardous_liquid Incident — — January 25, 2012

Incident Information

Incident DateJanuary 25, 2012
OperatorLION OIL TRADING & TRANSPORTATION, INC
CommodityCRUDE OIL
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates33.20242, -92.65195

Cause

CauseEXCAVATION DAMAGE
SubcauseEXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage$14,035
Emergency Response$3,400
Other Costs$0

Location Map

Incident Narrative

APPROXIMATELY 9:17 AM THE PIPELINE OCC (JIMMY CRAWFORD, ON DUTY) RECEIVED A CALL FROM JIMMY FLOYD WORKING FOR B&P ENTERPRISE WHO STATED HIS DUMP TRUCK HAD BACKED OVER OUR PIPELINE ON HAWTHORNE STREET AND CRUDE OIL WAS COMING OUT. JIMMY CRAWFORD NOTIFIED GLENN GREEN WHO IN TURN ASKED HIM (CRAWFORD) TO CALL GARY HAMMONS TO OBTAIN A MAINTENANCE CREW AND VACUUM TRUCK. RANDY HALE (CRUDE SCHEDULER) AND JIMMY CRAWFORD WENT TO AMERICAN STATION TO MAKE SURE THE PUMP SHUT DOWN AND CLOSE VALVES. JIMMY CRAWFORD THEN WENT TO THE REFINERY M METER TO CLOSE VALVES ON THE DELIVERY END. RANDY HALE WENT TO THE LEAK SITE AND JIMMY CRAWFORD RETURNED TO THE OCC ONCE THE LINE HAD BEEN ISOLATED. GLENN GREEN ARRIVED AT THE LEAK SITE APPROXIMATELY 9:45AM (RANDY HALE WAS ALREADY THERE). GARY HAMMONS AND RICHARD FARRAR'S CREW ARRIVED JUST AFTER GLENN GREEN. THE VACUUM TRUCK (60 BBL) ALSO ARRIVED JUST BEFORE 10:00AM. THE CREW BEGAN VACUUMING THE SPILLED CRUDE OIL UPON ARRIVAL AND A CHECK HAD BEEN MADE WITH A FLAMMABILITY METER. GLENN GREEN MADE THE FOLLOWING CALLS: 811 FOR AND EMERGENCY LOCATE REQUEST (REF# 120125-0168), THEN 911 AND ASKED FOR EL DORADO FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE. 911 WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO APPARENT INJURIES OR FIRE, BUT WE WANTED THEM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE BACKUP IN CASE THE SITUATION WORSENED. ARKUPS ARRIVED AROUND 11:00 AM AND NOTED LOCATE WAS CLEAR (NO BURIED GAS, POWER, OR PHONE IN THE DIG AREA). A PERSON (CHARLES) WHO IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS WORKING FOR EL DORADO WATER ALSO STOPPED BY AND SAID NO WATER WAS IN THE DIG AREA. GLENN GREEN CALLED NRC (800-424-8802) AND REPORTED A 60 BBL SPILL LOCATED AT LAT. 33.20242, -92.65195. THE NRC WAS TOLD NO INJURIES OR FIRES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPILL (REPORT # 100230). JAMES DAVIS, ASSISTANT CHIEF, EL DORADO FIRE DEPARTMENT, JERRY THOMAS, AR DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND JOHN LAMB WITH ADEQ ALL CAME TO THE SCENE AT VARIOUS TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. KEITH PRIDGEN OF LION OIL SAFETY ALSO ARRIVED ON THE SCENE BEFORE NOON AND BEGAN LEL MONITORING OF THE SITE. CHUCK HAMMOCK, GEORGE GARTEN JERRY BRUMLEY AND ROBERT MEEKS ALSO CAME TO THE SCENE DURING THE DAY TO MONITOR AND ADD ASSISTANCE IF NEEDED.

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