# FLINT HILLS RESOURCES, LC — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2019-04-20 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20190162 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2019-04-20 **Published:** 2019-05-20 Hazardous liquid incident in KARNES CITY, KARNES County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 56 CRUDE OIL released, $5,000 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: significant incident, not serious. ## Document text Hazardous liquid incident in KARNES CITY, KARNES County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 56 CRUDE OIL released, $5,000 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: 20190162. Operator ID: 22855. Reported incident date: 4/20/2019 12:32. Location detail: 0+0 Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION Cause detail: UPDATED SECTION G, QUESTIONS 7 & 8 OF THE INTERNAL CORROSION SECTION AND ALSO INCLUDED A SUMMARY OF THE LABORATORY RESULTS BELOW. ON 04/21/2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:43 AM, FHR OPERATIONS PERSONNEL DISCOVERED A CRUDE OIL RELEASE AT HELENA TERMINAL. AT APPROXIMATELY 7:45 AM, THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK WAS VERIFIED AND THE PIPELINE CONTROL CENTER WAS CONTACTED TO SHUT DOWN THE OUTBOUND HELENA TO PETTUS 16", INDEX #60501020. THE PCC BLOCKED IN THE STATION TANK VALVE AND THE INCOMING TRAP VALVE AT PETTUS STATION AT 7:51 AM. FHR PERSONNEL INITIATED AIR MONITORING, NO LEL OR H2S LEVELS WERE FOUND. THE PCC OPENED THE LINE INTO PETTUS TANK TO ALLOW THE LINE TO DE-PRESSURIZE. AT APPROXIMATELY 8:16 AM, FHR PERSONNEL DEPLOYED BOOM IN THE AREA TO KEEP PRODUCT ONSITE. AT APPROXIMATELY 8:44 AM, THE NRC (#1243321) AND TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY WERE NOTIFIED. THE IMPACTED PIPE SECTION WAS CUT OUT AND REPLACED THE MORNING OF 04/22/2019 AND PIPE WAS SENT TO DNV LAB FOR ANALYSIS. THE DNV IMMEDIATE CAUSE ANALYSIS REPORT INDICATES THAT THE LEAK OCCURRED DUE TO INTERNAL CORROSION THAT PROPAGATED THROUGH-WALL AT THE 6:00 ORIENTATION. THE LEAK WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A DISCRETE PIT AND WAS LOCATED WITHIN AN AREA OF ACCUMULATED SOLIDS. THE SYSTEM WAS STARTED BACK UP AT 6:45 PM ON 04/22/2019. CLEAN UP WAS COMPLETED AT HELENA STATION ON 04/25/2019. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — INTERNAL. PHMSA indexed costs: $193,846 reported total cost, $90,827.051 in 1984 dollars, $223,679.074 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: - Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents` - SHA-256: `dc3bc506655b7d1b3d7dcafbf9dacc4be51f83aa8702f4cd10d20b1826aa9e9a` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-25T18:25:23.112Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-d81fc1e48c06fa274e1b8d12` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "hazardous_liquid", "datasetLabel": "Hazardous liquid", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20190162", "supplementalNumber": "33197", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2019-05-20", "receivedDateRaw": "5/20/2019" }, "operator": { "id": "22855", "name": "FLINT HILLS RESOURCES, LC" }, "incident": { "date": "2019-04-20", "dateRaw": "4/20/2019 12:32" }, "location": { "city": "KARNES CITY", "county": "KARNES", "state": "TX", "postalCode": "78118", "latitude": 28.937256, "longitude": -97.798827, "type": "TOTALLY CONTAINED ON OPERATOR-CONTROLLED PROPERTY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "0+0" }, "facilityName": "HELENA RECEIPT TERMINAL/STATION" }, "cause": { "category": "CORROSION FAILURE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "INTERNAL CORROSION", "NARRATIVE": "UPDATED SECTION G, QUESTIONS 7 & 8 OF THE INTERNAL CORROSION SECTION AND ALSO INCLUDED A SUMMARY OF THE LABORATORY RESULTS BELOW. ON 04/21/2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:43 AM, FHR OPERATIONS PERSONNEL DISCOVERED A CRUDE OIL RELEASE AT HELENA TERMINAL. AT APPROXIMATELY 7:45 AM, THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK WAS VERIFIED AND THE PIPELINE CONTROL CENTER WAS CONTACTED TO SHUT DOWN THE OUTBOUND HELENA TO PETTUS 16\", INDEX #60501020. THE PCC BLOCKED IN THE STATION TANK VALVE AND THE INCOMING TRAP VALVE AT PETTUS STATION AT 7:51 AM. FHR PERSONNEL INITIATED AIR MONITORING, NO LEL OR H2S LEVELS WERE FOUND. THE PCC OPENED THE LINE INTO PETTUS TANK TO ALLOW THE LINE TO DE-PRESSURIZE. AT APPROXIMATELY 8:16 AM, FHR PERSONNEL DEPLOYED BOOM IN THE AREA TO KEEP PRODUCT ONSITE. AT APPROXIMATELY 8:44 AM, THE NRC (#1243321) AND TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY WERE NOTIFIED. THE IMPACTED PIPE SECTION WAS CUT OUT AND REPLACED THE MORNING OF 04/22/2019 AND PIPE WAS SENT TO DNV LAB FOR ANALYSIS. THE DNV IMMEDIATE CAUSE ANALYSIS REPORT INDICATES THAT THE LEAK OCCURRED DUE TO INTERNAL CORROSION THAT PROPAGATED THROUGH-WALL AT THE 6:00 ORIENTATION. THE LEAK WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A DISCRETE PIT AND WAS LOCATED WITHIN AN AREA OF ACCUMULATED SOLIDS. THE SYSTEM WAS STARTED BACK UP AT 6:45 PM ON 04/22/2019. 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