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PHMSA Report 20230008
DELEK MARKETING AND SUPPLY, LP — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2022-12-26
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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in STANTON, MARTIN County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 5 CRUDE OIL released, $1,000 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: 20230008.
Operator ID: 15851.
Reported incident date: 12/26/2022 10:00.
Cause detail: NON-THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE
Cause detail: THE RELEASE WAS THE RESULT OF THE FAILURE OF A 2" FLANGED BALL VALVE CONNECTION. CRUDE OIL WAS RELEASED FROM THE FAILED CONNECTION ASSOCIATED WITH A LAUNCHER ON A GATHERING TO THE MCALPINE-GRISHAM LEASE. THE RELEASE WAS IDENTIFIED BY OPERATING PERSONNEL. ALL RELEASED CRUDE REMAINED ON OPERATOR PROPERTY. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE IS BELIEVED TO BE A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. THE VALVE WAS REMOVED AND THE FLANGED WAS BLINDED OFF.
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