PHMSA Report 20220049
PHMSA Report 20220049
Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in Not Within a Municipality, MIDLAND County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.24 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: 20220049.
Operator ID: 39183.
Reported incident date: 5/16/2022 13:57.
Cause detail: PUMP OR PUMP-RELATED EQUIPMENT
Cause detail: AT APPROXIMATELY 13:57 ON MAY 16, 2022, A MEDALLION MECHANIC DISCOVERED OIL INSIDE THE PUMP SKID CONTAINMENT AND A SMALL AMOUNT ON THE GROUND AT THE BRANHAM RECEIPT POINT DURING NORMAL ROUNDS AND IMMEDIATELY ISOLATED THE PUMP TO STOP THE LEAK. OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED, AND AFTER A SITE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT APPROXIMATELY 10 GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL WERE RELEASED AS A RESULT OF A PUMP SEAL FAILURE. THE PUMP SEAL WAS REPLACED, AND THE PUMP RESUMED NORMAL OPERATIONS AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00 ON MAY 16, 2022. MEDALLION OPERATIONS TEAM REMEDIATED THE IMPACTED SOIL.
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