PHMSA Report 20220106
PHMSA Report 20220106
Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in Not Within a Municipality, LOVING County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 21 CRUDE OIL released, $10,000 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: 20220106.
Operator ID: 39654.
Reported incident date: 9/29/2022 16:00.
Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION
Cause detail: APPROXIMATELY 21 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WERE RELEASED FROM THE LUDEMAN 1302 6IN (LOOP)-6 PIPELINE. THE CAUSE OF THE RELEASE IS ATTRIBUTED TO INTERNAL CORROSION. TO PREVENT FUTURE RELEASES, PLAINS PLACED A CLAMP AND HYDROTESTED THE PIPELINE. PLAINS IS FURTHER INVESTIGATING THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME THE RELEASE COULD HAVE STARTED (PART A Q4), AS WELL AS COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCIDENT. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT: PART A Q4 IS INDICATIVE OF THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE/TIME THE RELEASE COULD HAVE STARTED AS IT WAS THE LAST TIME THE RIGHT-OF-WAY HAD BEEN INSPECTED AND CONFIRMED TO BE NO RELEASE OF CRUDE OIL. THE COST PROVIDED IN PART D Q6.A PERTAIN TO A REQUEST BY THE PUBLIC/NON-OPERATOR TO REMEDIATE THE INCIDENT LOCATION USING METHODS THAT ARE MORE STRINGENT THAN THE STATE REQUIRES.
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