{"operation":"document","citation":"CPF 520170017","title":"OLIKTOK PIPELINE COMPANY — Notice of Probable Violation","source_type":"enforcement","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2017-09-13","effective_on":null,"summary":"CLOSED notice of probable violation citing 192.195(a).","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520170017.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520170017.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-enforcement-520170017","source_url":"https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/520170017","body":"Notice of Probable Violation involving OLIKTOK PIPELINE COMPANY. PHMSA's enforcement data identifies the cited regulation as 192.195(a). The case was opened on 2017-09-13 and is reported as closed as of 2018-01-17. Open the official case record for notices, responses, orders, and the latest status.\n\nOfficial case documents:\n\n520170017_NOPV PCO_09132017.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520170017/520170017_NOPV%20PCO_09132017.pdf\n\n520170017_NOPV PCO_09132017_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520170017/520170017_NOPV%20PCO_09132017_text.pdf\n\n520170017_Operator Response to Notice_10112017.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520170017/520170017_Operator%20Response%20to%20Notice_10112017.pdf\n\n520170017_Region Withdrawal Of Notice Letter_01172018.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520170017/520170017_Region%20Withdrawal%20Of%20Notice%20Letter_01172018.pdf\n\n520170017_Region Withdrawal Of Notice Letter_01172018_text.pdf: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-documents/520170017/520170017_Region%20Withdrawal%20Of%20Notice%20Letter_01172018_text.pdf\n\n520170017_Region Withdrawal Of Notice Letter_01172018_text.pdf\n\nWITHDRAWAL of NOTICE LETTER\nCERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED\nJanuary 17, 2018\nMr. Ryan Lance\nChairman and Chief Executive Officer\nConocoPhillips\n600 North Dairy Ashford Road\nP.O. Box 2197\nHouston, Texas 77252-2197\nCPF 5-2017-0017\nDear Mr. Lance:\nOn September 13, 2017, Oliktok Pipeline Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of\nConocoPhillips, was issued a Notice of Probable Violation and Proposed Compliance Order\n(NOPV/PCO) letter for the case number referenced above. The Notice alleged that Oliktok\nPipeline Company (OPC) violated 49 C.F.R. § 192.195 by failing to provide adequate\nprotection against overpressure on the Oliktok Gas Pipeline (OPL). The Notice proposed to\nrequire OPC to make certain modifications to protect the OPL from unsafe operating\npressures. Specifically, the Notice alleged that a remotely operated valve, ROV 9000, is\nlocated at the upstream end of the OPL. The valve was designed to “fail in place”, that is fail\nin its last position. In the event of a power loss to the valve’s actuator, the valve “fails in\nplace” and becomes unable and incapable of responding to an overpressure situation.\nConocoPhillips responded to the NOPV/PCO in a letter dated October 11, 2017, offering\ninformation concerning modifications it had made to ROV 9000 and requesting that the\nNOPV/PCO be reduced to a warning. ConocoPhillips has provided PHMSA with\ndocumentation that a failsafe design has been implemented. PHMSA is satisfied that\nConocoPhillips has addressed the probable violation alleged in the Notice. This letter\n\n\n\nwithdraws the NOPV/PCO. A follow-up Warning Letter will be issued addressing the issues\nThis letter is to inform you that PHMSA hereby withdraws the Notice and that the case is now\nat hand.\nclosed.\nSincerely,\nKim West\nActing Director, Western Region\nPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration\ncc: PHP-60 Compliance Registry\nPHP-500 H. Marlowe (#148605)\nMr. Scott Jepsen, President, Oliktok Pipeline Co.\n2","truncated":false,"body_characters":3177}