SUNOCO PIPELINE L.P. — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2015-10-15

Hazardous liquid incident in GOODRICH, POLK County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 10 CRUDE OIL released, $10,000 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: 20150403.

Operator ID: 18718.

Reported incident date: 10/15/2015 7:45.

Location detail: 6715+83.5

Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: DURING A ROUTINE STATION CHECK ON 10/15/2015 EMPLOYEE DISCOVERED A RELEASE OF CRUDE OIL AT GOODRICH STATION. THE SOURCE OF THE RELEASE WAS DETERMINED TO BE INTERNAL CORROSION IN A THERMAL RELIEF LINE ON THE SUCTION SIDE OF THE PUMP MANIFOLD AREA WHICH WAS IMMEDIATELY ISOLATED. RESPONSE PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED TO THE AREA FOR CLEANUP ACTIVITIES. APPROXIMATELY TEN BARRELS WAS RELEASED IN THE MANIFOLD AREA. ON 10/19/2015 IT WAS DETERMINED THAT TOTAL COSTS WOULD EXCEED $50K AND AN NRC REPORT (1131203) WAS MADE. THE AFFECTED PIPING/FITTING WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NEW PIPING AND FITTINGS. TO AID IN PREVENTING A RECURRENCE OF THIS TYPE OF FAILURE ON THE THERMAL RELIEF PIPING THE PIPING NOW REMAINS EMPTY AND ISOLATED FROM STATION PRESSURE UNTIL ITS USE IS REQUIRED FOR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES. AFTER MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES ARE COMPLETED THE THERMAL PIPING WILL BE EMPTIED AND ISOLATED FROM STATION PRESSURE.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — INTERNAL.

PHMSA indexed costs: $123,584 reported total cost, $61,997.993 in 1984 dollars, $152,681.976 in current-year dollars.

PHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.