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PHMSA Report 20240044
CENTURION PIPELINE L.P. — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2024-05-01
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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in DENVER CITY, YOAKUM County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.24 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: 20240044.
Operator ID: 31888.
Reported incident date: 5/1/2024 13:00.
Cause detail: PUMP OR PUMP-RELATED EQUIPMENT
Cause detail: ON 5/1/2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:00, A PIPELINE TECH DISCOVERED A LEAK FROM A LIQUID FILLED PRESSURE GAUGE AT BENNETT RANCH STATION. THE PIPELINE TECH IMMEDIATELY ISOLATED AND SHUT IN PUMP TO SECURE THE RELEASE. APPROXIMATELY 0.24 BARRELS (10 GALLONS) OF CRUDE OIL WAS RELEASED. THE RELEASED PRODUCT WAS CLEANED UP AND CONTAMINATED SOIL WAS REMOVED. THE FAILED PRESSURE GAUGE WAS REMOVED AND PLUG INSTALLED. TO PREVENT REOCCURRENCE, OPERATIONS IS REMOVING ALL PERMANENTLY ATTACHED PRESSURE GAUGES ON PUMPS, TRAPS, OR ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT FOUND HAVING ONE. DETACHABLE PRESSURE GAUGES WILL BE USED.
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