Citizens Committee Nov ovem embe ber r 19, 2012 Introduction - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Citizen’s Committee Olympic Pipe Line Company

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Allen Castle Rock Tacoma Renton Bayview Ferndale Cherry Point Anacortes Sea-Tac

Washington Oregon

Portland Tacoma DF Vancouver DF Woodinville Seattle Linnton DF

Refinery Delivery Facility Pump Station Terminal End of Line Mainline Delivery Line

• Largest petroleum products pipeline in

the Pacific Northwest.

• Connects 4 refineries in the Puget

Sound Area to products terminals in Western WA and Northwestern OR.

• Delivers refined petroleum to Seattle,

Tacoma, Vancouver, and Portland.

• System includes 400 miles of pipe, 7

delivery sites, 1 terminal, and 9 pumping stations.

• OPL is a stock company owned by BP

(15%), and Enbridge (85%) – Operator: BP

Olympia

Introduction

• Three consoles: 2 manned by front line Controllers and 1

manned by a Shift Leader for oversight

• Enhanced Leak Detection via Pipeline Leak Detection

System (i.e. Computational Pipeline Modeling) integrated with SCADA

• Redundant Communication System (Satellite, Frame Relay

and OPL owned fiber optic.) Communications up and running 99.99%

• Two Backup Control Centers

Control Center

Control Center Console

Control Center Console

• Types of Valves

– Check Valves – Hand and Motor Operated Block Valves

• Motor operated valves are operated

from Control Center Valves and Control Systems

Typical Aboveground Block Valve

Typical Facility

• Surveillance camera systems
• EMZA motion detection systems

Security

• Any questions?

Questions