CENTURION PIPELINE L.P. — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2023-04-13

Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in Not Within a Municipality, ANDREWS County, TX. Reported cause: INCORRECT OPERATION. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1 CRUDE OIL released, $450 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: 20230043.

Operator ID: 31888.

Reported incident date: 4/13/2023 10:30.

Cause detail: VALVE LEFT OR PLACED IN WRONG POSITION, BUT NOT RESULTING IN A TANK, VESSEL, OR SUMP/SEPARATOR OVERFLOW OR FACILITY OVERPRESSURE

Cause detail: ON APRIL 13, 2023, A CENTURION PIPELINE, L.P. (CPL) EMPLOYEE ARRIVED ON-SITE AT 10:30AM AND CONFIRMED THE LEAK WAS ON CPL'S DJ LAUNCHER LOCATED NEAR ANDREWS, IN ANDREWS COUNTY, TEXAS. THE LEAK WAS LOCATED ON THE 4'' DJ LAUNCHER. ONE (1) BARREL OF CRUDE OIL WAS RELEASED AND RECOVERED DURING THE PROCESS. CPL REMEDIATED THE CONTAMINATED SOIL ON SITE. NO INJURIES, FATALITIES OR FIRES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT. CPL'S INVESTIGATION STILL ONGOING AND WILL BE UPDATED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT FILED ON MAY 30, 2023: CPL DETERMINED THAT INCORRECT OPERATIONS CAUSED THE LEAK AND HAS BEEN UPDATED IN THIS SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL REPORT. AFTER THE PIG WAS LAUNCHED ON APRIL 12, THE NEEDLE VENT VALVE ON THE PIG TRAP WAS NOT RETURNED TO THE CLOSED POSITION, RESULTING IN THE 1 BBL LEAK. AFTER THE INVESTIGATION, THE EMPLOYEE INVOLVED WAS TERMINATED AND NO FURTHER ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED.