BP WEST COAST PRODUCTS L.L.C.

Incident Narrative

"DEC 28, 2010 @ APPROXIMATELY 19:05 HOURS, BP WEST COAST LAS BASIN CONTROL CENTER (OCC) WAS NOTIFIED OF A RELEASE BETWEEN PLAINS ALL AMERICA (PAAP) TANKS 603 & 607, A CRUDE OIL RELEASE AT 5900 CHERRY AVENUE, PLAINS ALL AMERICA FACILITY. PLAINS ALL AMERICAN IDENTIFIED TO BP WEST COAST OPERATIONS OF A CRUDE OIL LEAK ON PLAINS PROPERTY AFTER THEY BEGAN RESPONSE TO CRUDE. PLAINS ASSUMED LEAK WAS THEIR FACILITY PIPELINE. BP OCC MADE INTERNAL NOTIFICATIONS & DISPATCHED PERSONNEL TO SITE. PAAP BEGAN EXCAVATION& CLEAN UP ACTIVITIES. AT APPROXIMATELY 21:22, PAAP NOTIFIED BP OCC SPILL WAS FROM 20"" PAAP PIPELINE. BP PERSONNEL RELEASED FROM SITE. AT APPROXIMATELY 23:45, PAAP NOTIFIED BP OCC RELEASE WAS NOT EMINATING FROM PAAP AS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT. BP OCC MADE INTERNAL NOTIFICATIONS AND DISPATCHED PERSONNEL TO SITE @ 00:18 HOURS 12/29/2010. BP PERSONNEL ONSITE AFFIRMED RELEASE FROM BP 16"" FILL LINE TO TANK 603. LINE WAS DRAINED DOWN & SECURED. TANKS 601, 602, 603, 605, & 606 SHARE A COMMON FILL LINE FROM THE PIPELINE. FOUND TANKS 601, 602, & 603 FILL LINES ARE BLINDED OFF. THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECORDED DELIVERIES INTO TANK 603 FROM 2000 TO 2011, AS TANKS 605 & 606 ARE ROUTINE DELIVERIES. HOWEVER, FLOW INTO THESE TANKS DO NOT SUFFICIENTLY FLUSH THE FILL LINE TO TANK 603. BP WAS NOT THE OWNER/OPERATOR OF THE FACILITY AT THE TIME WEST HYNES TERMINAL WAS SOLD IN 2000 TO PACIFIC PIPELINE. IT IS UNKNOWN WHY FILL LINES TO TANK 601, 602, & 603 NOT PURGED. THE BP 16"" FACILITY LINE TRANSFERS CRUDE TO TANKS FROM EAST HYNES TO WEST HYNES. IT IS CONNECTED TO EAST HYNES VIA THE IVEC LINE (CSFM # 0976). THE CAUSE WAS DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN CORROSION. THE CSFM'S MR. WILLIAMS IS IN COMMUNICATION W/ BP FOR FOLLOW QUESTIONS FOR THIS INCIDENT ALSO. BP WITH CSFM DISCUSSED THE LINE IS INTRA FACILITY (PLANT, LOW STRESS) NON PIGGABLE."