# SUN PIPE LINE CO — Hazardous liquid — incident on 1997-03-04

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 19970042  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 1997-03-04  
**Published:** 1997-03-15

Hazardous liquid incident in NOBLE County, OK. Reported cause: FAILED WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 60 CRUDE OIL released, $7,500 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 NOBLE County, OK. Reported cause: FAILED WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 60 CRUDE OIL released, $7,500 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: 19970042.

Operator ID: 18718.

Reported incident date: 19970304.

Location detail: NW/4 SEC. 33, TOWNSHIP 24 NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST 3/8 MI. E. FROM JUNCTION OF HWY 15 AND 77 ON SOUTH SIDE OF ROAD

Cause detail: WELD FAILED AT LOCATION WHERE PIPELINE DOES A 90 DEGREE BEND AND CAME ABOVEGROUND. PIPE WAS ALSO DAMAGED. OIL RAN DOWN DITCH ALONGSIDE ROAD, THROUGH ACULVERT, ACROSS A FIELD AND INTO A LOW LYING AREA WHERE WATER WAS STANDINGFROM RECENT RAIN.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL/WELD/EQUIP FAILURE — UNSPECIFIED WELD.

PHMSA indexed costs: $7,500 reported total cost, $5,303.773 in 1984 dollars, $13,061.56 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/2cb38c7d-9a3e-4074-b175-05a5cd0c44a6?download=true&filename=Hazardous%20Liquid%20Accident%20Data%201986%20to%20January%202002.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `eabf5f919e01e98f15ffe8de54bcbdf70220ebb645261890956700c6e7dd7802`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-24T18:25:25.758Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-cc983385a52fd09793d6afc9`

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