JAYHAWK PIPELINE LLC

Incident Narrative

LOCATION IS AN INJECTION POINT WHERE TRUCKIS UNLOAD INTO THEIR SMALL TANKS THE OIL THEN RUNS THROUGH ACT UNIT, TO THE JAYHAWK PIPELINE PUMP WHICH INJECTS IT INTO THE PIPELINE. WHILE UNLOADING, THE NCRA TRUCK DRIVER HEARD THE PIPELINE PUMP START MAKING AN ODD SOUND AS HE WENT TO INVESTIGATE HE SAW OIL OVERFLOWING FROM THE ""STUFFING BOX"" WHERE PACKING CAN BE ADJUSTED, ON THE TRIPLEX PUMP WHICH INJECTS THEIR OIL INTO THE PIPELINE. HE FIRST SHUT DOWN THE NCRA ACT UNIT AND WHEN THAT DID NOT STOP ALL THE FLOW COMING FROM PUMP HE CLOSED THE VALVES ON THE ACT UNIT WHICH DID STOP THE FLOW. DRIVER THEN CONTACTED JAYHAWK CONTROL CENTER AND DESCRIBED WHAT HAD JUST OCCURED AND WHAT ACTIONS HE HAD TAKEN. THE CONTROL CENTER NOTIFIED AREA PERSONNEL AND THE NEAREST PERSON WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AREA TO INVESTIGATE WHILE OTHER RESPONSE PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED AND VACCUUM TRUCK CONTRACTOR WAS DISPATCHED TO SCENE. UPON ARRIVAL FIRST JAYHAWK EMPLOYEE TESTED FOR PROPER PPE AND PERFORMED LOTO ON BOTH INJECTION PUMPS. EMPLOYEE RELAYED INFORMATION TO AREA FOREMAN. BERMS THAT ARE IN PLACE KEPT OIL INSIDE THE FENCED AREA WHERE INJECTION PUMPS ARE SECURED. REMAINDER OF CREW ARRIVED ALONG WITH VAC TRUCK AND ALL STANDING OIL WAS PICKED UP AND INSPECTION OF THE PUMP BEGAN. UPON PUMP INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT ONE OF THE CERAMIC PLUNGERS ON THE PUMP HAD BROKE INTO MANY PIECES WHICH IN TURN HAD RUINED THE PACKING FOR THAT CYLINDER ALLOWING OIL THAT WAS BEING PUMPED FROM ACT UNIT TO FLOW INTO STUFFING BOX AND OVERFLOW IT. PUMP WAS REPAIRED WITHIN TWO HOURS BUT NOT RESTARTED TILL NEXT DAY WHILE WE REMOVED IMPACTED SOILS AROUND THE PUMP.