PHMSA Report 20230025
PHMSA Report 20230025
Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in Not Within a Municipality, ANDREWS COUNTY County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.5 CRUDE OIL released, $500 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: 20230025.
Operator ID: 31888.
Reported incident date: 2/21/2023 16:45.
Cause detail: EXTERNAL CORROSION
Cause detail: ON FEBRUARY 21, 2023, A THIRD PARTY PUMPER INFORMED CENTURION PIPELINE, L.P. (CPL) OF A LEAK. A CPL EMPLOYEE ARRIVED ON-SITE AT 04:45 PM AND CONFIRMED THE LEAK WAS ON CPL'S UNIVERSITY 12 4'' PIPELINE LOCATED NEAR ANDREWS, IN ANDREWS COUNTY, TEXAS AT 06:11 PM. TWENTY (20) GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL WERE RELEASED AND RECOVERED DURING THE PROCESS. CPL REMEDIATED THE CONTAMINATED SOIL ON SITE. NO INJURIES, FATALITIES OR FIRES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT. REPAIRS ARE COMPLETE AND PLANS ARE IN PLACE TO REPLACE THE PIPELINE AND REMOVE THE FAILURE SITE. CPL'S INVESTIGATION IS STILL PENDING AND A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL FOLLOW UPON COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION. THE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL INCLUDE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT, UPDATES TO COST, IF APPLICABLE, AND ASSOCIATED P&M MEASURE(S). SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL REPORT FILED ON MARCH 30, 2023: DURING THE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS, IT WAS DETERMINED EXTERNAL CORROSION DUE TO A PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED UNKNOWN LEAK CLAMP RESULTING IN A THROUGH-WALL CORROSION PIT FROM GALVANIC CORROSION AT THE 3 O'CLOCK POSITION. APPROXIMATELY, THIRTY-THREE (33) FEET OF PIPE WAS REPLACED WITH FUSION BOND EPOXY (FBE) COATED PIPE. NO FURTHER ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED. SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL REPORT FILED ON JUNE 5, 2023: PER REQUEST COMPLETED THE FOLLOWING CHANGES: PART A4. CHANGED FROM "18:11" TO "16:45" PART A7. CHANGED FROM ".40" TO ".5" PART A9. CHANGED FROM ".40" TO ".5" PART E1. CHANGED FROM "INTERNAL CORROSION" TO "EXTERNAL CORROSION"
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