PHMSA Report 20220032
PHMSA Report 20220032
Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in Not Within a Municipality, GAINES County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2 CRUDE OIL released, $5,000 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: 20220032.
Operator ID: 31888.
Reported incident date: 4/12/2022 22:30.
Cause detail: EXTERNAL CORROSION
Cause detail: ON APRIL 12, 2022, AT 22:00 CST, CENTURION PIPELINE, L.P. (CPL) RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF A POTENTIAL LEAK FROM ANOTHER OPERATOR'S (OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM) EMPLOYEE. CPL'S PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON-SITE AT 22:30 AND DISCOVERED A 2 BARREL LEAK ON THE 4'' OXY CRCU PIPELINE LOCATED IN GAINES COUNTY. CPL DETERMINED THE LEAK WAS ON THE SUCTION LINE AND ISOLATED THE SEGMENT. CPL REMEDIATED THE CONTAMINATED SOIL ON SITE. NO INJURIES, FATALITIES OR FIRES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT. CPL'S INVESTIGATION IS STILL PENDING AND A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL FOLLOW UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION. THE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL INCLUDE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT AND ASSOCIATED P&M MEASURES. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT FILED ON JULY 6, 2022: DURING THE ROOT CAUSE FAILURE ANALYSIS (RCFA), CPL IDENTIFIED TWO THROUGH-WALL CORROSION PITS IN THE 3 O'CLOCK AND 6 O'CLOCK POSITIONS THAT RESULTED IN A LEAK. CPL DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK TO BE EXTERNAL CORROSION RESULTING FROM COATING FAILURE. UPON EXCAVATION, CPL DISCOVERED THAT THE EXTERNAL CORROSION DAMAGE EXTENDED BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE LEAK LOCATION AND REPLACED THE DAMAGED SECTION WITH 123 FEET OF PIPE COATED WITH FUSION BONDED EPOXY (FBE). NO FURTHER ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED.
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