EOG RESOURCES, INC — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2021-07-23

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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in SMILEY, GONZALES County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 20 CRUDE OIL released, $3,500 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: 20210057.

Operator ID: 4461.

Reported incident date: 7/23/2021 23:50.

Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: ON 7/23/2021, CONTROLLER NOTICED PIPELINE IRREGULARITY IN LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM ON THE THERIOT UNIT TO LANDGREBE 8" OIL GATHERING PIPELINE. CONTROLLER DISPATCHED PERSONNEL TO SITE WHERE TECHNICIAN VERIFIED PRODUCT VISIBLE ON SURFACE OF PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY. PIPELINE PERSONNEL CONTRACTED A VACUUM TRUCK WHICH REMOVED 17 BBLS OF SWEET CRUDE OIL FROM SURFACE. ADDITIONAL 3 BBLS OF PRODUCT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE IN CONTAMINATED SOIL, WHICH WAS REMEDIATED BY OPERATOR. TOTAL PRODUCT RELEASE WAS 20 BBLS AND WAS FOUND TO BE DUE TO INTERNAL CORROSION. REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES ARE COMPLETED AND ACCEPTED BY THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION OIL & GAS DIVISION. INTERNAL CORROSION WAS REMEDIATED BY PIPE REPLACEMENT.

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