3 BEAR DELAWARE OPERATING-NM, LLC — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2023-09-12

Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in HOBBS, LEA County, NM. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 5 CRUDE OIL released, $80 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: 20230085.

Operator ID: 39950.

Reported incident date: 9/12/2023 9:00.

Cause detail: OTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURE

Cause detail: THE OPERATION CONTROL CENTER (OCC) WAS NOTIFIED OF A RELEASE AT THE CHEDDAR LACT SITE. THE OPERATOR ARRIVED ON-SITE AND OBSERVED A RELEASE OF APPROXIMATELY 5 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL. A 1/2-INCH STAINLESS STEEL TUBING VENT FROM THE AIR ELIMINATOR ON THE LACT UNIT WAS CONNECTED TO A PROVING CONTAINMENT BOX. THE BALL CHECK ON THE AIR ELIMINATOR WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION, CAUSING CRUDE OIL TO ENTER THE PROVING CONTAINMENT BOX AND OVERFILL IT. THE OPERATOR REMOVED THE AIR ELIMINATOR AND CLEANED DEBRIS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE BALL CHECK BEING IN THE OPEN POSITION. THE TUBING VENT WAS REROUTED TO THE DIVERT LINE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND THE SITE WAS CLEANED UP AND REPAIRED PROMPTLY.