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PHMSA Report 20240048
STAKEHOLDER MIDSTREAM CRUDE OIL PIPELINE, LLC — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2024-05-14
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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in PLAINS, YOAKUM County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 3.1 CRUDE OIL released, $30,000 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: 20240048.
Operator ID: 39551.
Reported incident date: 5/14/2024 15:40.
Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION
Cause detail: MANAGER OF CRUDE OIL OPERATIONS RECEIVED CALL FROM COMPANY PIPELINE SUPERVISOR REGARDING LEAK ADJACENT TO CR165 SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 380. LEAK WITH SPRAY AND MINIMAL VOLUMES OVER ROW CONFIRMED AT 16:34 ON 5/14/2024. COMPANY SHUT-IN PS 10, 9, 8, & 11 AND CLOSED IN VALVES NORTH AND SOUTH OF LEAK. EXCAVATION CREW ARRIVED MORNING OF 5/15/2024 AND EXPOSED PIPE AND CLAMPED PINHOLE. REPLACEMENT PIPE ARRIVED ON 5/16/2024. BAD PIPE REMOVED, REPLACEMENT PIPE TESTED, WELDED INTO PLACE, AND X-RAYED IN PLACE WITH NO DEFECTS. PIPELINE RETURNED TO OPERATION ON 5/17/2024. HAULED OFF CONTAMINATED SOIL. TESTED EXCAVATION ON 6/5/2024. WILL BACKFILL EXCAVATION WHEN LAB RESULTS DICTATE TPH LEVELS ARE ACCEPTABLE. INTERNAL CORROSION DETERMINED TO BE DUE TO LOW-SIDE FLUID-SETTLING THAT OCCURRED IN THE PIPE WHEN THE LINE HAD MUCH LOWER FLOWRATES GOING THROUGH IT AT A PREVIOUS POINT IN TIME.
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