# ENTERPRISE CRUDE PIPELINE LLC — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2014-04-23

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20140200  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2014-04-23  
**Published:** 2014-05-22

Hazardous liquid incident in ODESSA, MIDLAND County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 100 CRUDE OIL released, $100 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. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

## Document text

Hazardous liquid incident in ODESSA, MIDLAND County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 100 CRUDE OIL released, $100 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: 20140200.

Operator ID: 30829.

Reported incident date: 4/23/2014 21:12.

Cause detail: DEFECTIVE OR LOOSE TUBING OR FITTING

Cause detail: CONTROL CENTER RECOGNIZED A LINE BALANCE VARIATION AND CALCULATION AROUND 21:12 ON 4/23/2014. AFTER THE TECHNICIAN ARRIVED ON SITE AT 22:50 IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE DISCHARGE STAINLESS STEEL 3/8 INCH TUBING OF THE PD PUMP AT THE STATION HAD FAILED. THE STATION WAS ISOLATED FROM THE C15 LINE AND TUBING WAS REPLACED AND STATION PUT BACK INTO SERVICE 4/24/14 10:30. EXCESSIVE VIBRATION ON THIS 3/8 INCH TUBING RESULTED IN THE TUBING LEAK. PREVIOUS SUPPORT HAD BEEN EXCAVATED AROUND THE AREA DURING A REMEDIATION AND CLEAN-UP OF PREVIOUS SOIL CONTAMINATION. TUBING WAS REPLACED WITH STAINLESS STEEL BRAIDED HOSE TO ABSORB AND ELIMINATE DIRECT VIBRATION.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — DEFECTIVE OR LOOSE TUBING/FITTING.

PHMSA indexed costs: $37,100 reported total cost, $18,825.212 in 1984 dollars, $46,360.703 in current-year dollars.

PHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.

## Provenance

- Official: Yes
- Source: <https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/1d547e17-2be1-4a32-9958-a1d5a946ade9?download=true&filename=Hazardous%20Liquid%20Accident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `2aca9125d9ce003c702142a9f9b64ab696db1df157d6765f198c7df7d8c7b764`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T05:28:42.707Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-2012c84cd0958e0ce924c98d`

### Source metadata

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