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PHMSA Report 20230089
PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P. — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2023-10-10
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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in BIG SPRING, BORDEN County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 100 CRUDE OIL released, $12,500 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: 20230089.
Operator ID: 300.
Reported incident date: 10/10/2023 10:00.
Cause detail: EXTERNAL CORROSION
Cause detail: APPROXIMATELY 100 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WERE RELEASED FROM THE BEAN EAST TO GOOD STATION 4INCH PIPELINE. THE DATE AND TIME OF THE RELEASE (PART A Q4) IS INDICATIVE OF THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME THE RELEASE COULD HAVE STARTED BASED ON BASED ON THE LAST TIME THE NEARBY STATION HAD BEEN VISITED AND CONFIRMED TO BE NO RELEASE OF CRUDE OIL. THE CAUSE OF THE RELEASE IS ATTRIBUTED TO EXTERNAL CORROSION. TO PREVENT FUTURE INCIDENTS PLAINS INSTALLED A CLAMP, DRAINED, AND REPLACED THE FAILED SECTION OF PIPE. ADDITIONALLY, PLAINS IS INVESTIGATING REMOVING THE PIPELINE FROM SERVICE.
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