SUNOCO PIPELINE L.P. — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2022-02-26

Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in LENORAH, MARTIN County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.5 CRUDE OIL released, $2,000 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: 20220063.

Operator ID: 18718.

Reported incident date: 2/26/2022 12:05.

Cause detail: PUMP OR PUMP-RELATED EQUIPMENT

Cause detail: ON FEBRUARY 26, 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:05, A CRUDE OIL LEAK OCCURRED FROM A PUMP AT THE RC SMITH STATION, THIS STATION IS LOCATED 1.26 MILES WEST OF LENORAH, TX. THIS PUMP IS A NON-REGULATED GATHERING PUMP THAT DISCHARGES INTO THE 23025 12-INCH RC SMITH TO SUNOCO MIDLAND TERMINAL PIPELINE. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE STATION, AN EMPLOYEE DISCOVERED A LEAK FROM A PUMP, SECURED THE LEAK AND NOTIFIED OPERATIONS. A THIRD-PARTY COMPANY WAS CALLED TO CLEAN UP ALL FREE PRODUCT AND REMEDIATE THE SOIL AND A MECHANIC WAS DISPATCHED TO PERFORM REPAIRS ON THE PUMP. THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK WAS DUE TO THE PACKING ON ONE OF THE PLUNGERS HAD GONE BAD CAUSING THE CRUDE OIL TO FILL THE SEAL BOX AND LEAK APPROXIMATELY .5 BARREL ONTO THE GROUND MEETING THE REPORTING CRITERIA OF OVER 5 GALLONS. ON FEBRUARY 26, 2022, THE PUMP WAS REPAIRED AND AT APPROXIMATELY 17:30 THE PUMP WAS PUT BACK INTO SERVICE. TO PREVENT FUTURE LEAKS, ADDITIONAL SITE VISITS, AND VERIFYING PLUNGER BOXES ARE DRAINING. CONTINUE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE DUE TO NON-SEALED PLUNGER BOXES.