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PHMSA Report 20230090
HILAND CRUDE, LLC — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2023-10-23
Current as of 2023-10-23 Government source
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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in SIDNEY, RICHLAND County, ND. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 15.36 CRUDE OIL released, $1,200 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: 20230090.
Operator ID: 32619.
Reported incident date: 10/23/2023 9:52.
Cause detail: PUMP OR PUMP-RELATED EQUIPMENT
Cause detail: AN ESTIMATED RELEASE VOLUME OF 15.36 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WAS CONTAINED WITHIN A LINED AREA ON THE CONTINENTAL RESOURCES- CLAYTON- ALICE HSU WELL PAD. THE RELEASE OCCURRED DUE TO A ROPER PUMP FAILURE, WHERE THE SHAFT INSIDE THE PUMP SEIZED ON THE BRASS BUSHING. THIS CAUSED THE BRASS BUSHING TO ROTATE AND CREATE A HOLE IN THE PUMP HOUSING. CLEANUP HAS BEEN COMPLETED. TRAINING WAS HELD WITH TEAM MEMBERS THAT OPERATE AND REBUILD ROPER PUMPS.
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