{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20250245","title":"WEST TEXAS GULF PIPELINE CO — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2025-09-25","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2025-10-21","effective_on":"2025-09-25","summary":"Hazardous liquid incident in Not Within a Municipality, JEFFERSON County, TX. Reported cause: OTHER ACCIDENT CAUSE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.12 CRUDE OIL released, $55,000 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. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-35209bc433c958529a9fa043.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-35209bc433c958529a9fa043.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-35209bc433c958529a9fa043","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/1d547e17-2be1-4a32-9958-a1d5a946ade9?download=true&filename=Hazardous%20Liquid%20Accident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip","body":"Hazardous liquid incident in Not Within a Municipality, JEFFERSON County, TX. Reported cause: OTHER ACCIDENT CAUSE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.12 CRUDE OIL released, $55,000 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.\n\nReport number: 20250245.\n\nOperator ID: 22442.\n\nReported incident date: 9/25/2025 10:24.\n\nLocation detail: 961334.5\n\nCause detail: UNKNOWN\n\nCause detail: ON 09/25/25 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:24, CONTRACTORS WORKING FOR THE COMPANY PUNCTURED THE 21002.01 - 26INCH NEDERLAND TO TRINITY LINE CAUSING CRUDE OIL TO RELEASE. OPERATIONS WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED AND DISPATCHED TO THE LOCATION. THE LINE WAS ISOLATED BECAUSE THE LINE WAS ALREADY SHUT DOWN FOR A PROJECT. APPROXIMATELY 25 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WAS RELEASED TO THE SOIL WITH 5 GALLONS MIGRATING INTO LNVA CANAL. AN OSRO CLEANED UP RELEASED PRODUCT AND CONTAMINATED SOIL. THE LEAK WAS REPAIRED BY INSTALLING A MECHANICAL CLAMP. THE LINE WAS RESTARTED ON 09/26/25 AT APPROXIMATELY 09:00. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ONCE COMPLETE.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: INCORRECT OPERATION — DAMAGE BY OPERATOR OR OPERATOR'S CONTRACTOR.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $1,331,500 reported total cost, $540,668.453 in 1984 dollars, $1,331,500 in current-year dollars.\n\nPHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1694}