# HILAND CRUDE, LLC — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2024-03-13

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20240028
- **title:** HILAND CRUDE, LLC — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2024-03-13
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2024-04-11
- **effective on:** 2024-03-13
- **summary:** Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in LAMBERT, RICHLAND County, MT. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.49 CRUDE OIL released, $0 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.
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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in LAMBERT, RICHLAND County, MT. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.49 CRUDE OIL released, $0 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: 20240028.

Operator ID: 32619.

Reported incident date: 3/13/2024 11:40.

Cause detail: OTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURE

Cause detail: KINDER MORGAN EMPLOYEE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE PRODUCER THAT ONE OF OUR STRUCTURES AT THE LUCILLE 1-27H LOCATION WAS LEAKING CRUDE OIL. UPON ARRIVING AT THE SITE, THE KINDER MORGAN EMPLOYEE NOTICED THAT THE PIG SIGNAL FAILED ON THE PIGGING RECEIVER, CAUSING A RELEASE OF 20.9 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL ONTO THE GROUND. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BODY OF THE PIG SIGNALING DEVICE HAD A STRESS CRACK IN IT, WHICH WAS ALLOWING CRUDE OIL TO LEAK OUT. NO EMERGENCY RESPONDERS REQUIRED.
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