CENTURION PIPELINE L.P. — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2023-08-29

Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in NOT WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY NEAR TATUM, LEA County, NM. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.5 CRUDE OIL released, $3,000 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: 20230083.

Operator ID: 31888.

Reported incident date: 8/29/2023 15:21.

Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: ON AUGUST 29, 2023, A THIRD PARTY OPERATOR INFORMED CENTURION PIPELINE, L.P. (CPL) OF A LEAK AT 3:21 PM. A CPL EMPLOYEE ARRIVED ON-SITE AT 4:30 PM AND CONFIRMED THE LEAK WAS ON CPL'S 'FRENCH LT11' 4'' PIPELINE LOCATED NEAR TATUM, IN LEA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO AT 5:15 PM. HALF A BARREL OF CRUDE OIL WAS RELEASED DURING THE PROCESS. NO INJURIES, FATALITIES OR FIRES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT. REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED. CPL'S INVESTIGATION IS STILL PENDING AND A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL FOLLOW UPON COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION. THE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL INCLUDE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT, UPDATES TO COST, IF APPLICABLE, AND ASSOCIATED P&M MEASURES. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT FILED ON OCTOBER 17, 2023: IT WAS DETERMINED DURING THE INVESTIGATION THAT A THIRD PARTY, LOCAL FARMER, HAD STRUCK THE PIPELINE AND CAUSE THE LINE. THE LOCAL FARMER WAS NOT REQUIRED TO PERFORM A ONE-CALL AND HAD NOT DONE SO IN THIS INSTANCE. REMEDIATION IS COMPLETE AND NO FURTHER ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT FILED ON OCTOBER 26, 2023: CORRECTION OF PREVIOUS ACCIDENT REPORT DUE TO CLERICAL ERROR. THE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS DETERMINED THAT INTERNAL CORROSION RESULTED IN THROUGH-WALL PIT AT THE FOUR (4) O'CLOCK POSITION DUE TO STAGNANT CONDITIONS. NO FURTHER ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED.