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Sunoco Pipeline Release at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge: Response & Restoration

Sunoco Pipeline Release at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge: Response & Restoration. Presented to: Regional Response Team III by: Tom Crawford, Sunoco Logistics Chris Pfeifer, ENTRIX Carousel Resort Hotel Ocean City, MD May 24, 2006. Part I: Response Activities.

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Sunoco Pipeline Release at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge: Response & Restoration

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  1. Sunoco Pipeline Release at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge:Response & Restoration Presented to: Regional Response Team III by: Tom Crawford, Sunoco Logistics Chris Pfeifer, ENTRIX Carousel Resort Hotel Ocean City, MD May 24, 2006

  2. Part I:Response Activities

  3. Oil Transfer Operations Overview • Crude is received at SLP’s Hog Island or Ft. Mifflin facility and pumped via 2 - 24” crude lines to Darby Creek Tank Farm (DCTF) • Crude is then stored, blended and pumped to Sunoco’s Philadelphia Refinery via 3 smaller “charge lines”

  4. Site Overview 2- 24” crude lines

  5. February 5, 2000 • Discovery “Hey Crawford, it ain’t 10 gallons”

  6. Initial Actions • Discovery made by hiker using one of the wildlife trails • Number on pipeline marker was called • Philadelphia Refinery Response Team was mobilized & notifications were made • After initial assessment Sunoco Pipeline personnel took over the response

  7. Response Activities • Control • Contain • Collect • Remove • Restore

  8. Control • Cease transfer • Isolate and track flow • Exploratory digs Estimated 4,571bbls released

  9. Contain Ditchwitch Ice Is Your Friend Chainsaws

  10. Contain

  11. Contain

  12. Contain The Black Hole Before After During

  13. Collect • Creating slots & sumps for vacuum hoses

  14. Collect

  15. Collect • Moving oil to where it could be collected • Very labor intensive • Good results

  16. 100% mechanical Vacuum trucks Brush skimmers Hand tools Disc skimmers Sorbants Vacuum unit Remove

  17. Remove • Weight of ice forces oil to the slot • Low pressure water introduced to produce a flow beneath the ice • Directs oil to the vacuum hoses & skimmers

  18. Remove Frac Tanks And Vac Truck Loading Area • Vac trucks would transfer oil to another frac tank staging area at visitor center ¾ mile from the site. • Tanker trucks would then transfer the oil to DCTF.

  19. Remove • Lori Brush Skimmer • 90% Oil / Water Ratio

  20. Remove • Disc skimmer

  21. Remove Transvac 3,600 gallon Vac trucks

  22. Remove • When the ice is no longer your friend...

  23. Remove • Sorbants • Debris Control

  24. Access • Remember the ¾ mile trip to the transfer area?

  25. Access • We need a road...

  26. Access • Several thousand tons of #4 ballast later, we got one.

  27. Access • …and a staging area, too!

  28. The “Exclusion Fence” • Approximately 1,700 linear feet • To prevent critters from entering the affected area

  29. Resource Protection Considerations Have To Be Addressed Early On These Two Areas Were Removed

  30. The Problem • Weld failed at a mitered joint 24” North Ship Line

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