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PHMSA Report 20230092
DELEK MARKETING AND SUPPLY, LP — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2023-10-19
Current as of 2023-10-19 Government source
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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in TARZAN, MARTIN County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1.5 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: 20230092.
Operator ID: 15851.
Reported incident date: 10/19/2023 14:01.
Cause detail: DEFECTIVE OR LOOSE TUBING OR FITTING
Cause detail: ON OCTOBER 19, 2023, AT 2:01 P.M., THE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER (OCC) WAS NOTIFIED OF A RELEASE AT THE GUARDIAN PEAK LEASE AUTOMATIC CUSTODY TRANSFER (LACT) UNIT. APPROXIMATELY 1.5 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WERE RELEASED. THE CAUSE OF THE RELEASE WAS A 1/2-INCH STAINLESS STEEL TUBING LINE SHEARING AS A RESULT OF SKID VIBRATION THAT EXACERBATED IMPROPERLY INSTALLED TUBING DURING COMMISSIONING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND THE SITE WAS CLEANED UP AND REPAIRED PROMPTLY.
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