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PHMSA Report 20230064
DELEK MARKETING AND SUPPLY, LP — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2023-07-03
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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in TARZAN, MARTIN County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.5 CRUDE OIL released, $350 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: 20230064.
Operator ID: 15851.
Reported incident date: 7/3/2023 1:30.
Cause detail: OTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURE
Cause detail: ON JULY 3, 2023, AT 1:30 A.M., THE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER (OCC) WAS NOTIFIED OF A RELEASE AT THE MARGARET LEASE AUTOMATIC CUSTODY TRANSFER (LACT) SITE. APPROXIMATELY 0.5 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WERE RELEASED. THE BALL CHECK ON THE AIR ELIMINATOR FAILED TO SEAL, ALLOWING CRUDE OIL TO FLOW INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL BOX. THE ENVIRONMENTAL BOX OVERFILLED, LEADING TO THE RELEASE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND THE SITE WAS CLEANED UP AND REPAIRED PROMPTLY.
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