PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P. — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2023-05-12

Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in NOT WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY, EDDY County, NM. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1.5 CRUDE OIL released, $25,000 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: 20230053.

Operator ID: 300.

Reported incident date: 5/12/2023 18:00.

Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: APPROXIMATELY 1.5 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WERE RELEASED FROM THE SEG 1 LAT 4 8INCH PIPELINE. THE DATE AND TIME OF THE RELEASE (PART A Q4) IS INDICATIVE OF THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME THE RELEASE COULD HAVE STARTED BASED ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY INSPECTION SCHEDULE. THE APPARENT CAUSE OF THE RELEASE IS ATTRIBUTED TO INTERNAL CORROSION. TO PREVENT FUTURE INCIDENTS, PLAINS INSTALLED A CLAMP TO STOP THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE AND IS FURTHER INVESTIGATING METHODS OF REPAIR SUCH AS CUT-OUT AND REPLACEMENT OF THE FAILED SECTION OF PIPE.