HILAND CRUDE, LLC — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2022-08-25

Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in WATFORD CITY, MCKENZIE County, ND. Reported cause: INCORRECT OPERATION. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2.5 CRUDE OIL released, $20 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: 20220092.

Operator ID: 32619.

Reported incident date: 8/25/2022 7:00.

Cause detail: EQUIPMENT NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY

Cause detail: ON 8/25/2022 AT 7:00 AM HILAND CRUDE OPERATOR RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE PRODUCER AT THE JOHNSONS CORNER STATION STATING THAT A LEAK HAD OCCURRED INSIDE LINED CONTAINMENT ON THE XTO DAVE ROLFSON. AT 7:10 AM HILAND CRUDE OPERATOR ARRIVED ON SITE AND CONFIRMED THE DISCOVERY OF THE LEAK. OPERATOR INITIATED THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE LINE (ERL) PROCESS AND DURING THE ERL CALL, THE ACCIDENT WAS DEEMED REPORTABLE, AND THE INVESTIGATION COMMENCED. THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT THE RELEASE HAD OCCURRED DUE TO A FAILED VICTAULIC CLAMP ON THE SUCTION SIDE OF THE PUMP. THE VICTAULIC RUBBER GASKETS HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED PROPERLY CAUSING A LEAK OVER TIME. THE SITE WAS ALREADY SHUT IN SO THERE WAS NO INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE. IN ORDER TO PREVENT SPILLS LIKE THIS FROM OCCURRING, A TRAINING HAS BEEN CONDUCTED ON THE PROPER INSTALLATION OF VICTAULIC GASKETS.