EXPLORER PIPELINE CO — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2009-09-09

Hazardous liquid incident in MONTALBA, ANDERSON County, TX. Reported cause: 2. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, YES DIESEL FUEL released, $45,293 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: 20090280.

Operator ID: 4805.

Reported incident date: 9/9/2009.

Cause detail: CORROSION, INTERNAL

Cause detail: ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 AN EXPLORER PIPELINE EMPLOYEE LOCATED 7 BARRELS OF DIESEL FUEL CONTAINED IN AN UNDERGROUND VAULT AT THE PALESTINE, TEXAS PUMP STATION. THE SOURCE OF THE RELEASE IS A 2 INCH REFILL LINE ON THE STATION SUCTION LINE. THE 2 INCH REFILL LINE WAS EXCAVATED, CUTOUT AND A DIRECT EXAMINATION INDICATED INTERNAL CORROSION. THE PRESSURE ON THE 2 INCH LINE AT THE TIME OF THE RELEASE WAS 219 PSIG AND THE HIGHEST PRESSURE THE PREVIOUS 30 DAYS WAS 507 PSIG. THE DURATION OF THE RELEASE IS UNKNOWN, BUT THE STATION WAS INSPECTED ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A RELEASE.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — INTERNAL.

PHMSA indexed costs: $45,293 reported total cost, $24,998.243 in 1984 dollars, $61,562.978 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.