MPLX LP — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2023-07-14

Current as of 2023-07-14 Government source

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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in JAL, LEA County, NM. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 7.5 CRUDE OIL released, $40 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: 20230068.

Operator ID: 40149.

Reported incident date: 7/14/2023 5:30.

Cause detail: THREADED CONNECTION/COUPLING FAILURE

Cause detail: ON JULY 14 AT 5:30 CENTRAL TIME, EOG OPERATIONS NOTIFIED THE CONTROL ROOM POC OF A RELEASE AT THE WELL SITE. THE WELL SITE WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN AND ISOLATED. THE ON-CALL OPERATOR ARRIVED ONSIGHT AT 6:20 AND ISOLATED THE LEAK. THE RELEASE POINT WAS AT 1" TREADED NIPPLE BELOW THE THERMAL RELIEF VALVE.THE 1" NIPPLE CRACKED IN THE TREADS DUE TO VIBRATION. THE NIPPLE WAS REPLACED WITH A PLUG AFTER THE BROKEN NIPPLE WAS REMOVED AND THE SITE WAS BROUGHT ONLINE.

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