# EXXONMOBIL PIPELINE CO — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2004-08-04

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20040239  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2004-08-04  
**Published:** 2004-08-04

Hazardous liquid incident in EMPIRE, PLAQUEMINES County, LA. Reported cause: 24. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, YES CRUDE OIL released, $75,000 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: not significant, not serious.

## Document text

Hazardous liquid incident in EMPIRE, PLAQUEMINES County, LA. Reported cause: 24. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, YES CRUDE OIL released, $75,000 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: 20040239.

Operator ID: 4906.

Reported incident date: 8/4/2004.

Cause detail: MISCELLANEOUS

Cause detail: A CLAMP THAT WAS INSTALLED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR BEGAN TO LEAK. CLAMP WAS REPLACED.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: ALL OTHER CAUSES — MISCELLANEOUS.

PHMSA indexed costs: $75,000 reported total cost, $46,660.17 in 1984 dollars, $114,909.639 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/928038f8-523b-4003-aeff-79675b193086?download=true&filename=Hazardous%20Liquid%20Accident%20Data%20-%20January%202002%20to%20December%202009.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `9f5909d1cebf0d12356f1cacf65c80e91f8798f44935ea7bd2c4ac6a42f91bff`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T10:02:12.270Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-3117d9363ea7e5f4a120ad9e`

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