Incident details
Operator, cause, commodity and consequences with raw source fields.
HL incident on 2015-07-13 — IN
Operator
Countrymark Refining And Logistics, Llc
Cause
Natural Force Damage
Commodity
Crude Oil
Program
HL
Damage and Injuries
0 fatalities
0 injuries
Property damage (nominal)
$1,072,650
Incident datetime
2015-07-13 10:30
Report number
Location
IN
Narrative
On july 13th. 2015 at 10:30 local time countrymark received a call from marathon pipeline that marathon's air patrol pilot spotted an oil sheen on the wabash river near countrymark's river crossing and marathon's river crossing which are near grayville, illinois. At 10:58 local time countrymark shut down the albion to booster pipeline section and started monitoring pressures. By that time countrymark had put into action emergency response personnel and equipment to investigate, isolate and try to contain the spill, not being sure if it was from countrymark's albion pipeline or possibly from marathon's pipeline. Countrymark sent survey aircraft to investigate and gathered information from the scada system to help with the determination. Countrymark made a telephonic notification to the the nrc of a leak at that location at 12:40 local time, still not knowing if it was a countrymark leak. The line was isolated by 15:30 local time at the nearest valves on each side of the river. At 16:55 local time countrymark personnel determined that the spill was indeed the albion line leaking so countrymark continued the emergency operation at full speed. Over the next 5 days clean-up proceeded until all of the sheen on the river had been removed and all of the contaminated vegetation along the river banks was picked up for proper disposal. Wild life including birds and fish were monitored all during the clean-up efforts and up to the date of this final report. No evidence of harm to wildlife was found. Countrymark as of the date of this final report has collected 39 cubic yards of oil contaminated debris, including absorbents, vegetation, and floating timber. Continuing inspections have resulted in positive results and we have not found additional oil or oil contaminated debris since the date of the original preliminary report. At the date and time of the original report countrymark was unable to determine the cause or exact location of the pipeline leak because of extremely high water in the river and in the backwaters of the river. The necessary work site was inaccessible to pipeline work crews for pipeline excavation and inspection work at the suspected leak location. As soon as the weather and water conditions permitted countrymark investigated the incident in order to determine the actual cause and location. Results of that investigation indicated through root cause analysis substantiated by field examination and metallurgical failure analysis conducted by an independent laboratory (imr test labs), that a fatigue crack developed causing a small leak. A third party dive survey determined that a contributing "root" cause of the pipeline failure was due to an expanded segment of the pipe being out in the current due to earth movement. The recent flooding had apparently caused a washout of the riverbed adjacent to the fracture location. It was indicated that one of the pipeline weight moorings had broken from the pipeline, which would increase bending loads/stresses on the pipe. Countrymark has made the necessary replacement work boring a new pipe below the river bottom in order to put the pipeline back into service. It is now operating normally.
Detailed record list
Report Received Date
2015-08-11 00:00:00
Iyear
2015
Report Number
20150282
Supplemental Number
21151
Report Type
Supplemental Final
Operator Id
26049
Name
Countrymark Refining And Logistics, Llc
Operator Street Address
225 S.e. St. , Suite 44
Operator City Name
Indianapolis
Operator State Abbreviation
IN
Operator Postal Code
46202-4059
Local Datetime
2015-07-13 09:19:00
Location Latitude
38.28366
Location Longitude
-87.94086
Commodity Released Type
Crude Oil
Unintentional Release Bbls
51.5
Recovered Bbls
40
Fatality Ind
No
Fatal
0
Injury Ind
No
Injure
0
Accident Identifier
Other
Accident Details
Notification From Another Pipeline Operator (Marathon Air Patrol)
Incident Identified Datetime
2015-07-13 10:30:00
System Part Involved
Onshore Pipeline, Including Valve Sites
On Off Shore
Onshore
Shutdown Due Accident Ind
Yes
Shutdown Datetime
2015-07-13 10:58:00
Restart Datetime
2015-10-28 16:40:00
On Site Datetime
2015-07-13 11:00:00
Nrc Rpt Datetime
2015-07-13 12:43:00
Nrc Rpt Num
1122645
Ignite Ind
No
Explode Ind
No
Upstream Valve Type Ind
Manual
Downstream Valve Type Ind
Manual
Num Pub Evacuated
0
Pipe Fac Name
Albion M/l Crude Gathering
Segment Name
Albion To New Harmony Booster
Onshore State Abbreviation
Il
Onshore Postal Code
62852
Onshore City Name
Not Within A Municipality
Onshore County Name
Wabash County
Designated Location
Survey Station No.
Designated Name
6.83 Mile
Federal
No
Location Type
Pipeline Right-Of-Way
Incident Area Type
Underground
Incident Area Subtype
Other
Incident Area Details
River Crossing
Depth Of Cover
36
Crossing
Yes
Water Crossing Ind
Yes
Water Type
Uncased
Water Name
Wabash River
Water Depth
17
Water Subtype
Below Water, Pipe Buried Below Bottom (Not In Bored/drilled Crossing)
Pipe Facility Type
Interstate
Item Involved
Pipe
Pipe Type
Pipe Body
Pipe Diameter
6
Pipe Wall Thickness
0.25
Pipe Smys
35000
Pipe Specification
Api 5l Grade B
Pipe Seam Type
Erw � Unknown Frequency
Pipe Manufacturer
Unknown
Pipe Coating Type
Fusion Bonded Epoxy(Fbe)
Installation Year
1985
Manufactured Year
Unknown
Material Involved
Carbon Steel
Release Type
Leak
Leak Type
Crack
Wildlife Impact Ind
No
Soil Contamination
No
Long Term Assessment
No
Remediation Ind
No
Water Contam Ind
Yes
Surface Contam Ind
Yes
Amount Released
51.5
Rel Water Name
Wabash River In Indiana And Illinois
Could Be Hca
No
Commodity Reached Hca
Yes
Usa Ecological Ind
Yes
Usa Ecological Yes No
No
Est Cost Oper Paid
0
Est Cost Gas Released
2331
Est Cost Prop Damage
1072650
Est Cost Emergency
518755
Est Cost Environmental
46355
Est Cost Other
0
Prpty
1640091
Accident Psig
452.38
Mop Psig
720
Accident Pressure
Pressure Did Not Exceed Mop
Pressure Restriction Ind
No
Length Segment Isolated
2805
Internal Inspection Ind
Yes
Operation Complications Ind
No
Pipeline Function
> 20% Smys Regulated Gathering
Scada In Place Ind
Yes
Scada Operating Ind
Yes
Scada Functional Ind
Yes
Scada Detection Ind
No
Scada Conf Ind
Yes
Cpm In Place Ind
Yes
Cpm Operating Ind
Yes
Cpm Functional Ind
Yes
Cpm Detection Ind
No
Cpm Conf Ind
Yes
Investigation Status
No, the operator did not find that an investigation of the controller(s) actions or control room issues was necessary due to: (provide an explanation for why the operator did not investigate)
Investigation Status Details
The unique characteristics of the crude oil gathering system. This line has 28 injection points which create pressure differentials as these injections start and stop. Because it wasn't a guillotine type leak and alarm set points were set to avoid false alarms due to the various differentials, the scada did not get any out of range readings or alarms. Since no alarms or abnormal situations occurred the operator did not contribute to the spill or lack of detecting it in the control room.
Employee Drug Test Ind
No
Contractor Drug Test Ind
No
Cause
Natural Force Damage
Cause Details
Heavy Rains/floods
Natural Force Type
Heavy Rains/floods
Heavy Rains Subtype
Washouts/scouring
Nf Extreme Weather Ind
Yes
Nf Other Ind
Yes
Nf Extreme Weather Details
A Combination Of The Recent Flood Stage River Waters And Subsequent Earth Movement, I.e. Soil Creep, Landslips, Subsidence, Swallow Holes Etc. Resulted In Foundation Damage. That Together With The Loss Of One Of The Pipe Moorings Resulted In Higher Bending Loads On The Piping And Thus Would Have Been A Significant Factor In Propagation Of A Fatigue Crack.
Preparer Name
R****** H****
Preparer Title
Pipeline Integrity Manager
Preparer Email
R************@c**********.com
Preparer Telephone
812-838-8505
Preparer Fax
812-833-3619
Prepared Date
2016-02-22 00:00:00
Authorizer Name
P** W***
Authorizer Telephone
812-838-8134
Authorizer Title
Vp Operations
Authorizer Email
P*******@c**********.com
Narrative
On july 13th. 2015 at 10:30 local time countrymark received a call from marathon pipeline that marathon's air patrol pilot spotted an oil sheen on the wabash river near countrymark's river crossing and marathon's river crossing which are near grayville, illinois. At 10:58 local time countrymark shut down the albion to booster pipeline section and started monitoring pressures. By that time countrymark had put into action emergency response personnel and equipment to investigate, isolate and try to contain the spill, not being sure if it was from countrymark's albion pipeline or possibly from marathon's pipeline. Countrymark sent survey aircraft to investigate and gathered information from the scada system to help with the determination. Countrymark made a telephonic notification to the the nrc of a leak at that location at 12:40 local time, still not knowing if it was a countrymark leak. The line was isolated by 15:30 local time at the nearest valves on each side of the river. At 16:55 local time countrymark personnel determined that the spill was indeed the albion line leaking so countrymark continued the emergency operation at full speed. Over the next 5 days clean-up proceeded until all of the sheen on the river had been removed and all of the contaminated vegetation along the river banks was picked up for proper disposal. Wild life including birds and fish were monitored all during the clean-up efforts and up to the date of this final report. No evidence of harm to wildlife was found. Countrymark as of the date of this final report has collected 39 cubic yards of oil contaminated debris, including absorbents, vegetation, and floating timber. Continuing inspections have resulted in positive results and we have not found additional oil or oil contaminated debris since the date of the original preliminary report. At the date and time of the original report countrymark was unable to determine the cause or exact location of the pipeline leak because of extremely high water in the river and in the backwaters of the river. The necessary work site was inaccessible to pipeline work crews for pipeline excavation and inspection work at the suspected leak location. As soon as the weather and water conditions permitted countrymark investigated the incident in order to determine the actual cause and location. Results of that investigation indicated through root cause analysis substantiated by field examination and metallurgical failure analysis conducted by an independent laboratory (imr test labs), that a fatigue crack developed causing a small leak. A third party dive survey determined that a contributing "root" cause of the pipeline failure was due to an expanded segment of the pipe being out in the current due to earth movement. The recent flooding had apparently caused a washout of the riverbed adjacent to the fracture location. It was indicated that one of the pipeline weight moorings had broken from the pipeline, which would increase bending loads/stresses on the pipe. Countrymark has made the necessary replacement work boring a new pipe below the river bottom in order to put the pipeline back into service. It is now operating normally.
| Report Received Date | 2015-08-11 00:00:00 |
|---|---|
| Iyear | 2015 |
| Report Number | 20150282 |
| Supplemental Number | 21151 |
| Report Type | Supplemental Final |
| Operator Id | 26049 PHMSA Enforcement |
| Name | Countrymark Refining And Logistics, Llc |
| Operator Street Address | 225 S.e. St. , Suite 44 |
| Operator City Name | Indianapolis |
| Operator State Abbreviation | IN |
| Operator Postal Code | 46202-4059 |
| Local Datetime | 2015-07-13 09:19:00 |
| Location Latitude | 38.28366 Google Maps OpenStreetMap |
| Location Longitude | -87.94086 Google Maps OpenStreetMap |
| Commodity Released Type | Crude Oil |
| Unintentional Release Bbls | 51.5 |
| Recovered Bbls | 40 |
| Fatality Ind | No |
| Fatal | 0 |
| Injury Ind | No |
| Injure | 0 |
| Accident Identifier | Other |
| Accident Details | Notification From Another Pipeline Operator (Marathon Air Patrol) |
| Incident Identified Datetime | 2015-07-13 10:30:00 |
| System Part Involved | Onshore Pipeline, Including Valve Sites |
| On Off Shore | Onshore |
| Shutdown Due Accident Ind | Yes |
| Shutdown Datetime | 2015-07-13 10:58:00 |
| Restart Datetime | 2015-10-28 16:40:00 |
| On Site Datetime | 2015-07-13 11:00:00 |
| Nrc Rpt Datetime | 2015-07-13 12:43:00 |
| Nrc Rpt Num | 1122645 NRC Report How to search |
| Ignite Ind | No |
| Explode Ind | No |
| Upstream Valve Type Ind | Manual |
| Downstream Valve Type Ind | Manual |
| Num Pub Evacuated | 0 |
| Pipe Fac Name | Albion M/l Crude Gathering |
| Segment Name | Albion To New Harmony Booster |
| Onshore State Abbreviation | Il |
| Onshore Postal Code | 62852 |
| Onshore City Name | Not Within A Municipality |
| Onshore County Name | Wabash County |
| Designated Location | Survey Station No. |
| Designated Name | 6.83 Mile |
| Federal | No |
| Location Type | Pipeline Right-Of-Way |
| Incident Area Type | Underground |
| Incident Area Subtype | Other |
| Incident Area Details | River Crossing |
| Depth Of Cover | 36 |
| Crossing | Yes |
| Water Crossing Ind | Yes |
| Water Type | Uncased |
| Water Name | Wabash River |
| Water Depth | 17 |
| Water Subtype | Below Water, Pipe Buried Below Bottom (Not In Bored/drilled Crossing) |
| Pipe Facility Type | Interstate |
| Item Involved | Pipe |
| Pipe Type | Pipe Body |
| Pipe Diameter | 6 |
| Pipe Wall Thickness | 0.25 |
| Pipe Smys | 35000 |
| Pipe Specification | Api 5l Grade B |
| Pipe Seam Type | Erw � Unknown Frequency |
| Pipe Manufacturer | Unknown |
| Pipe Coating Type | Fusion Bonded Epoxy(Fbe) |
| Installation Year | 1985 |
| Manufactured Year | Unknown |
| Material Involved | Carbon Steel |
| Release Type | Leak |
| Leak Type | Crack |
| Wildlife Impact Ind | No |
| Soil Contamination | No |
| Long Term Assessment | No |
| Remediation Ind | No |
| Water Contam Ind | Yes |
| Surface Contam Ind | Yes |
| Amount Released | 51.5 |
| Rel Water Name | Wabash River In Indiana And Illinois |
| Could Be Hca | No |
| Commodity Reached Hca | Yes |
| Usa Ecological Ind | Yes |
| Usa Ecological Yes No | No |
| Est Cost Oper Paid | 0 |
| Est Cost Gas Released | 2331 |
| Est Cost Prop Damage | 1072650 |
| Est Cost Emergency | 518755 |
| Est Cost Environmental | 46355 |
| Est Cost Other | 0 |
| Prpty | 1640091 |
| Accident Psig | 452.38 |
| Mop Psig | 720 |
| Accident Pressure | Pressure Did Not Exceed Mop |
| Pressure Restriction Ind | No |
| Length Segment Isolated | 2805 |
| Internal Inspection Ind | Yes |
| Operation Complications Ind | No |
| Pipeline Function | > 20% Smys Regulated Gathering |
| Scada In Place Ind | Yes |
| Scada Operating Ind | Yes |
| Scada Functional Ind | Yes |
| Scada Detection Ind | No |
| Scada Conf Ind | Yes |
| Cpm In Place Ind | Yes |
| Cpm Operating Ind | Yes |
| Cpm Functional Ind | Yes |
| Cpm Detection Ind | No |
| Cpm Conf Ind | Yes |
| Investigation Status | No, the operator did not find that an investigation of the controller(s) actions or control room issues was necessary due to: (provide an explanation for why the operator did not investigate) |
| Investigation Status Details | The unique characteristics of the crude oil gathering system. This line has 28 injection points which create pressure differentials as these injections start and stop. Because it wasn't a guillotine type leak and alarm set points were set to avoid false alarms due to the various differentials, the scada did not get any out of range readings or alarms. Since no alarms or abnormal situations occurred the operator did not contribute to the spill or lack of detecting it in the control room. |
| Employee Drug Test Ind | No |
| Contractor Drug Test Ind | No |
| Cause | Natural Force Damage |
| Cause Details | Heavy Rains/floods |
| Natural Force Type | Heavy Rains/floods |
| Heavy Rains Subtype | Washouts/scouring |
| Nf Extreme Weather Ind | Yes |
| Nf Other Ind | Yes |
| Nf Extreme Weather Details | A Combination Of The Recent Flood Stage River Waters And Subsequent Earth Movement, I.e. Soil Creep, Landslips, Subsidence, Swallow Holes Etc. Resulted In Foundation Damage. That Together With The Loss Of One Of The Pipe Moorings Resulted In Higher Bending Loads On The Piping And Thus Would Have Been A Significant Factor In Propagation Of A Fatigue Crack. |
| Preparer Name | R****** H**** |
| Preparer Title | Pipeline Integrity Manager |
| Preparer Email | R************@c**********.com |
| Preparer Telephone | 812-838-8505 |
| Preparer Fax | 812-833-3619 |
| Prepared Date | 2016-02-22 00:00:00 |
| Authorizer Name | P** W*** |
| Authorizer Telephone | 812-838-8134 |
| Authorizer Title | Vp Operations |
| Authorizer Email | P*******@c**********.com |
| Narrative | On july 13th. 2015 at 10:30 local time countrymark received a call from marathon pipeline that marathon's air patrol pilot spotted an oil sheen on the wabash river near countrymark's river crossing and marathon's river crossing which are near grayville, illinois. At 10:58 local time countrymark shut down the albion to booster pipeline section and started monitoring pressures. By that time countrymark had put into action emergency response personnel and equipment to investigate, isolate and try to contain the spill, not being sure if it was from countrymark's albion pipeline or possibly from marathon's pipeline. Countrymark sent survey aircraft to investigate and gathered information from the scada system to help with the determination. Countrymark made a telephonic notification to the the nrc of a leak at that location at 12:40 local time, still not knowing if it was a countrymark leak. The line was isolated by 15:30 local time at the nearest valves on each side of the river. At 16:55 local time countrymark personnel determined that the spill was indeed the albion line leaking so countrymark continued the emergency operation at full speed. Over the next 5 days clean-up proceeded until all of the sheen on the river had been removed and all of the contaminated vegetation along the river banks was picked up for proper disposal. Wild life including birds and fish were monitored all during the clean-up efforts and up to the date of this final report. No evidence of harm to wildlife was found. Countrymark as of the date of this final report has collected 39 cubic yards of oil contaminated debris, including absorbents, vegetation, and floating timber. Continuing inspections have resulted in positive results and we have not found additional oil or oil contaminated debris since the date of the original preliminary report. At the date and time of the original report countrymark was unable to determine the cause or exact location of the pipeline leak because of extremely high water in the river and in the backwaters of the river. The necessary work site was inaccessible to pipeline work crews for pipeline excavation and inspection work at the suspected leak location. As soon as the weather and water conditions permitted countrymark investigated the incident in order to determine the actual cause and location. Results of that investigation indicated through root cause analysis substantiated by field examination and metallurgical failure analysis conducted by an independent laboratory (imr test labs), that a fatigue crack developed causing a small leak. A third party dive survey determined that a contributing "root" cause of the pipeline failure was due to an expanded segment of the pipe being out in the current due to earth movement. The recent flooding had apparently caused a washout of the riverbed adjacent to the fracture location. It was indicated that one of the pipeline weight moorings had broken from the pipeline, which would increase bending loads/stresses on the pipe. Countrymark has made the necessary replacement work boring a new pipe below the river bottom in order to put the pipeline back into service. It is now operating normally. |
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