BRIDGER PIPELINE LLC — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2023-08-03

Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in NOT IN A MUNICIPALITY, MCKENZIE COUNTY County, ND. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 100 CRUDE OIL released, $0 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings.

Report number: 20230075.

Operator ID: 31878.

Reported incident date: 8/3/2023 11:30.

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY OPERATOR'S CONTRACTOR (SECOND PARTY)

Cause detail: ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 3RD AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM, OUR CONTRACTOR LOENBRO PIPELINE HAD A LINE STRIKE WHILE EXCAVATING OUR ERRMUZ-13 LATERAL IN THE ROUGHRIDER GATHERING FIELD. AS OPERATIONS WERE ALREADY ON SITE, THE RELEASED PRODUCT WAS CONTAINED WITHIN THE BELL HOLE AND HYDROVAC OPERATIONS TO REMOVE THE PRODUCT WERE INITIATED IMMEDIATELY. THE PIPE WAS CLAMPED OFF IN ORDER TO PREVENT FURTHER PRODUCT LOST. FREE PRODUCT THAT WAS SUCCESSFULLY RECOVERED FROM THE SITE WAS REINJECTED INTO THE SYSTEM, AND CONTAMINATED DIRT WAS REMOVED FROM THE SITE AND DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH NDDEQ RULES. FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF THE FREE PRODUCT AND CONTAMINATED SOIL, THE LINE WAS REPAIRED, PURGED AS INTENDED, AND WAS NOT RETURNED TO SERVICE.