Incident details
Operator, cause, commodity and consequences with raw source fields.
HL incident on 2024-10-18 — IN
Operator
Countrymark Refining And Logistics, Llc
Cause
Equipment Failure
Commodity
Crude Oil
Program
HL
Damage and Injuries
0 fatalities
0 injuries
Property damage (nominal)
$500
Incident datetime
2024-10-18 00:00 UTC
Report number
Location
IN
Narrative
At 11:06, the control room received a salem booster pump lockout first. This caused the clay city pipeline to shut down immediately upon the alarm coming in along with a list of other alarms regarding the shutdown. The control room also received a clay city to johnsonville delivery trip. The control room reset all the pumps and looked at the alarms in the historical. There were no active alarms holding out permissive to restart. The reasoning of the shutdown was not apparent and believed to be an issue in the programing since 2 automation techs (contract) were in the software fixing issues unrelated to this incident. The control room tried to restart the clay city to johnsonville pipeline. The control room received salem booster pump lockout, salem to clay city delivery trip, clay city delivery trip and a list of other alarms regarding the shutdown. The control room discussed with the automation contractor, but they were unable to tell US what was causing the delivery trips. At 11:50 the control room decided to attempt to start just the clay city line. The booster pump at clay city was started, but shutdown on delivery trip. The control room called the I&e supv. To get an I&e tech to go to clay city to look at a pressure transmitter. When he was informed we had a pressure transmitter reading zero, he told the control room they had taken all of those lines apart during a piping project and we may want to get a gauger over there to check it out first. At 11:58 the control room contacted the gauger to check the transmitter. At 12:15 the gauger informed the control room there was a leak on a pressure transmitter and that he was going to shut the valve to isolate the leak. The control room immediately called the qualified individual to initiate emergency response activities. Additional resources arrived on site at 12:45 to begin response activities. The tubing to the transmitter was repaired at 15:46. Operations restarted the clay city pumps at 4:20 under observation of the maintenance personnel. The response crews completed remediation activities of the site on october 11th. A third party materials lab completed a failure analysis on the tubing. The failure analysis concluded that "vibration in service from pressure variation was a likely cause of the cracking"
Detailed record list
Report Received Date
2024-10-18 00:00:00
Iyear
2024
Report Number
20240251
Supplemental Number
40322
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
Time Zone
Central
Daylight Savings Ind
Yes
Location Latitude
38.664597
Location Longitude
-88.323632
Commodity Released Type
Crude Oil
Unintentional Release Bbls
12
Recovered Bbls
12
Fatality Ind
No
Fatal
0
Injury Ind
No
Injure
0
Accident Identifier
Scada-Based Information (Such As Alarm(S), Alert(S), Event(S), And/or Volume Or Pack Calculations)
System Part Involved
Onshore Pump/meter Station Equipment And Piping
On Off Shore
Onshore
Status When Identified
Normal Operation, Includes Pauses Between Batches And During Maintenance
Shutdown Due Accident Ind
Yes
Communication State Fed Ind
No
Nrc Rpt Num
Nrc Notification Not Required
Ignite Ind
No
Notify Qualified Indiv Ind
Yes
Oil Spill Removal Org Ind
No
Num Pub Evacuated
0
Pipe Fac Name
Clay City Station
Segment Name
W410
Onshore State Abbreviation
Il
Onshore Postal Code
62824
Onshore City Name
Not Within A Municipality
Onshore County Name
Clay
Designated Location
Milepost
Designated Name
0
Federal
No
Location Type
Totally Contained On Operator-Controlled Property
Incident Area Type
Aboveground
Incident Area Subtype
Typical Aboveground Facility Piping Or Appurtenance
Crossing
No
Pipe Facility Type
Interstate
Item Involved
Tubing
Tubing Material
Stainless Steel
Tubing Type
Rigid
Installation Year
2023
Manufactured Year
Unknown
Material Involved
Material Other Than Carbon Steel
Material Details
Stainless Steel
Release Type
Leak
Leak Type
Crack
Wildlife Impact Ind
No
Soil Contamination
Yes
Long Term Assessment
No
Remediation Ind
No
Water Contam Ind
No
Could Be Hca
No
Commodity Reached Hca
No
Est Cost Oper Paid
0
Est Cost Gas Released
800
Est Cost Prop Damage
500
Est Cost Emergency
8000
Est Cost Environmental
3000
Est Cost Other
0
Prpty
12300
Num Persons Hosp Not Ovnght
0
Num Injured Treated By Emt
0
Num Resident Building Affctd
0
Num Business Building Affctd
0
Accident Psig
924
Mop Psig
1304
Mop Cfr Section
Subpart E Pressure Test �195.406(A)(3)
Maop Established Date
2024-09-19 00:00:00
Maop Reversal Flow Ind
No
Accident Pressure
Pressure Did Not Exceed Mop
Pressure Restriction Ind
No
Pipeline Function
> 20% Smys Regulated Transmission
Scada In Place Ind
Yes
Scada Operating Ind
Yes
Scada Functional Ind
Yes
Scada Detection Ind
Yes
Scada Conf Ind
No
Cpm In Place Ind
Yes
Cpm Operating Ind
Yes
Cpm Functional Ind
Yes
Cpm Detection Ind
Yes
Cpm Conf Ind
No
Investigation Status
Yes, but the investigation of the control room and/or controller actions has not yet been completed by the operator (supplemental report required)
Employee Drug Test Ind
No
Contractor Drug Test Ind
No
Cause
Equipment Failure
Cause Details
Defective Or Loose Tubing Or Fitting
Eq Failure Type
Defective Or Loose Tubing Or Fitting
Additional Vibration Ind
Yes
Preparer Name
B**** C*****
Preparer Title
Manager Of Pipeline Integrity
Preparer Email
B***********@c**********.com
Preparer Telephone
812-483-3848
Prepared Date
2024-12-17 00:00:00
Local Contact Name
B**** C*****
Local Contact Email
B***********@c**********.com
Local Contact Telephone
812-483-3848
Authorizer Name
A** T*****
Authorizer Telephone
812-838-8152
Authorizer Title
Vp Of Production And Midstream
Authorizer Email
A*********@c**********.com
Narrative
At 11:06, the control room received a salem booster pump lockout first. This caused the clay city pipeline to shut down immediately upon the alarm coming in along with a list of other alarms regarding the shutdown. The control room also received a clay city to johnsonville delivery trip. The control room reset all the pumps and looked at the alarms in the historical. There were no active alarms holding out permissive to restart. The reasoning of the shutdown was not apparent and believed to be an issue in the programing since 2 automation techs (contract) were in the software fixing issues unrelated to this incident. The control room tried to restart the clay city to johnsonville pipeline. The control room received salem booster pump lockout, salem to clay city delivery trip, clay city delivery trip and a list of other alarms regarding the shutdown. The control room discussed with the automation contractor, but they were unable to tell US what was causing the delivery trips. At 11:50 the control room decided to attempt to start just the clay city line. The booster pump at clay city was started, but shutdown on delivery trip. The control room called the I&e supv. To get an I&e tech to go to clay city to look at a pressure transmitter. When he was informed we had a pressure transmitter reading zero, he told the control room they had taken all of those lines apart during a piping project and we may want to get a gauger over there to check it out first. At 11:58 the control room contacted the gauger to check the transmitter. At 12:15 the gauger informed the control room there was a leak on a pressure transmitter and that he was going to shut the valve to isolate the leak. The control room immediately called the qualified individual to initiate emergency response activities. Additional resources arrived on site at 12:45 to begin response activities. The tubing to the transmitter was repaired at 15:46. Operations restarted the clay city pumps at 4:20 under observation of the maintenance personnel. The response crews completed remediation activities of the site on october 11th. A third party materials lab completed a failure analysis on the tubing. The failure analysis concluded that "vibration in service from pressure variation was a likely cause of the cracking"
| Report Received Date | 2024-10-18 00:00:00 |
|---|---|
| Iyear | 2024 |
| Report Number | 20240251 |
| Supplemental Number | 40322 |
| 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 |
| Time Zone | Central |
| Daylight Savings Ind | Yes |
| Location Latitude | 38.664597 Google Maps OpenStreetMap |
| Location Longitude | -88.323632 Google Maps OpenStreetMap |
| Commodity Released Type | Crude Oil |
| Unintentional Release Bbls | 12 |
| Recovered Bbls | 12 |
| Fatality Ind | No |
| Fatal | 0 |
| Injury Ind | No |
| Injure | 0 |
| Accident Identifier | Scada-Based Information (Such As Alarm(S), Alert(S), Event(S), And/or Volume Or Pack Calculations) |
| System Part Involved | Onshore Pump/meter Station Equipment And Piping |
| On Off Shore | Onshore |
| Status When Identified | Normal Operation, Includes Pauses Between Batches And During Maintenance |
| Shutdown Due Accident Ind | Yes |
| Communication State Fed Ind | No |
| Nrc Rpt Num | Nrc Notification Not Required NRC Report How to search |
| Ignite Ind | No |
| Notify Qualified Indiv Ind | Yes |
| Oil Spill Removal Org Ind | No |
| Num Pub Evacuated | 0 |
| Pipe Fac Name | Clay City Station |
| Segment Name | W410 |
| Onshore State Abbreviation | Il |
| Onshore Postal Code | 62824 |
| Onshore City Name | Not Within A Municipality |
| Onshore County Name | Clay |
| Designated Location | Milepost |
| Designated Name | 0 |
| Federal | No |
| Location Type | Totally Contained On Operator-Controlled Property |
| Incident Area Type | Aboveground |
| Incident Area Subtype | Typical Aboveground Facility Piping Or Appurtenance |
| Crossing | No |
| Pipe Facility Type | Interstate |
| Item Involved | Tubing |
| Tubing Material | Stainless Steel |
| Tubing Type | Rigid |
| Installation Year | 2023 |
| Manufactured Year | Unknown |
| Material Involved | Material Other Than Carbon Steel |
| Material Details | Stainless Steel |
| Release Type | Leak |
| Leak Type | Crack |
| Wildlife Impact Ind | No |
| Soil Contamination | Yes |
| Long Term Assessment | No |
| Remediation Ind | No |
| Water Contam Ind | No |
| Could Be Hca | No |
| Commodity Reached Hca | No |
| Est Cost Oper Paid | 0 |
| Est Cost Gas Released | 800 |
| Est Cost Prop Damage | 500 |
| Est Cost Emergency | 8000 |
| Est Cost Environmental | 3000 |
| Est Cost Other | 0 |
| Prpty | 12300 |
| Num Persons Hosp Not Ovnght | 0 |
| Num Injured Treated By Emt | 0 |
| Num Resident Building Affctd | 0 |
| Num Business Building Affctd | 0 |
| Accident Psig | 924 |
| Mop Psig | 1304 |
| Mop Cfr Section | Subpart E Pressure Test �195.406(A)(3) View CFR 49 §192 |
| Maop Established Date | 2024-09-19 00:00:00 |
| Maop Reversal Flow Ind | No |
| Accident Pressure | Pressure Did Not Exceed Mop |
| Pressure Restriction Ind | No |
| Pipeline Function | > 20% Smys Regulated Transmission |
| Scada In Place Ind | Yes |
| Scada Operating Ind | Yes |
| Scada Functional Ind | Yes |
| Scada Detection Ind | Yes |
| Scada Conf Ind | No |
| Cpm In Place Ind | Yes |
| Cpm Operating Ind | Yes |
| Cpm Functional Ind | Yes |
| Cpm Detection Ind | Yes |
| Cpm Conf Ind | No |
| Investigation Status | Yes, but the investigation of the control room and/or controller actions has not yet been completed by the operator (supplemental report required) |
| Employee Drug Test Ind | No |
| Contractor Drug Test Ind | No |
| Cause | Equipment Failure |
| Cause Details | Defective Or Loose Tubing Or Fitting |
| Eq Failure Type | Defective Or Loose Tubing Or Fitting |
| Additional Vibration Ind | Yes |
| Preparer Name | B**** C***** |
| Preparer Title | Manager Of Pipeline Integrity |
| Preparer Email | B***********@c**********.com |
| Preparer Telephone | 812-483-3848 |
| Prepared Date | 2024-12-17 00:00:00 |
| Local Contact Name | B**** C***** |
| Local Contact Email | B***********@c**********.com |
| Local Contact Telephone | 812-483-3848 |
| Authorizer Name | A** T***** |
| Authorizer Telephone | 812-838-8152 |
| Authorizer Title | Vp Of Production And Midstream |
| Authorizer Email | A*********@c**********.com |
| Narrative | At 11:06, the control room received a salem booster pump lockout first. This caused the clay city pipeline to shut down immediately upon the alarm coming in along with a list of other alarms regarding the shutdown. The control room also received a clay city to johnsonville delivery trip. The control room reset all the pumps and looked at the alarms in the historical. There were no active alarms holding out permissive to restart. The reasoning of the shutdown was not apparent and believed to be an issue in the programing since 2 automation techs (contract) were in the software fixing issues unrelated to this incident. The control room tried to restart the clay city to johnsonville pipeline. The control room received salem booster pump lockout, salem to clay city delivery trip, clay city delivery trip and a list of other alarms regarding the shutdown. The control room discussed with the automation contractor, but they were unable to tell US what was causing the delivery trips. At 11:50 the control room decided to attempt to start just the clay city line. The booster pump at clay city was started, but shutdown on delivery trip. The control room called the I&e supv. To get an I&e tech to go to clay city to look at a pressure transmitter. When he was informed we had a pressure transmitter reading zero, he told the control room they had taken all of those lines apart during a piping project and we may want to get a gauger over there to check it out first. At 11:58 the control room contacted the gauger to check the transmitter. At 12:15 the gauger informed the control room there was a leak on a pressure transmitter and that he was going to shut the valve to isolate the leak. The control room immediately called the qualified individual to initiate emergency response activities. Additional resources arrived on site at 12:45 to begin response activities. The tubing to the transmitter was repaired at 15:46. Operations restarted the clay city pumps at 4:20 under observation of the maintenance personnel. The response crews completed remediation activities of the site on october 11th. A third party materials lab completed a failure analysis on the tubing. The failure analysis concluded that "vibration in service from pressure variation was a likely cause of the cracking" |
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