# PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2017090084 — PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL — COUPUS CHRISTI, TX

**Citation:** PHMSA Hazmat Incident I-2017090084  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2017-04-06  
**Published:** Not stated

Serious reporter-submitted hazardous materials transportation incident on 2017-04-06 in COUPUS CHRISTI, TX.

## Document text

PHMSA hazardous materials incident report I-2017090084.
Incident date: 2017-04-06.
Location: COUPUS CHRISTI, TX.
Mode: Highway.
Carrier/reporter: SUPERIOR CRUDE GATHERING.
Shipper: SUNRAY MARKETING LLC.
Materials: UN1267; PETROLEUM CRUDE OIL; hazard class 3; 84 LGA released.
What failed: Tank Shell.
How failed: Leaked.
Reported failure causes: Rollover Accident.
Reported result: Spillage, Fire, Material Entered Waterway/Storm Sewer, Environmental Damage.
Reporter-submitted DOT Form 5800.1 data may be incomplete, corrected, supplemented, or misreported. A record, serious-incident classification, failure description, or relationship to a reporting rule is not a PHMSA causal finding, compliance determination, or finding of a violation.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://portalpublic.phmsa.dot.gov/analytics/saw.dll?Portal?PortalPath=/shared/Public%20Website%20Pages/_portal/Hazmat%20Incident%20Report%20Search>
- Source ID: `phmsa-hazmat-incidents`
- SHA-256: `f7dec494c717e7e70eedd6ce9063fbc56089f093315fd58a2c26781a8d6f4136`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-13T12:55:56.545Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T07:33:43.127Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-hazmat-incident-i-2017090084`

### Source metadata

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