CR PERMIAN CRUDE LLC — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2021-02-20

Current as of 2021-02-20 Government source

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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in NOT WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY, REEVES County, TX. Reported cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2600 CRUDE OIL released, $2,200 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: 20210036.

Operator ID: 39606.

Reported incident date: 2/20/2021 16:18.

Cause detail: TEMPERATURE

Cause detail: SYSTEM WAS IMPACTED BY COLD WEATHER AND ELECTRICAL OUTAGES. CR PERMIAN CRUDE(CR) PERFORMED A GROUND PATROL 2/19/2021 PRIOR TO RESTARTING THE SYSTEM AND JUST SO HAPPENED OUR AERIAL PATROL ALSO FLEW THAT DAY. THE SYSTEM STARTED FLOWING 2/19/2021 AND CR RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE PRODUCERS' PUMPER WHO HAD BEEN NOTIFIED BY THEIR AERIAL PATROL, ON 2/20/201 THAT THERE WAS A VALVE LEAKING. A CR OPERATOR WENT TO THE LOCATION AND ISOLATED THE LINE SEGMENT AND CONTACTED THE CR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTACT. A VACUUM TRUCK WAS CALLED AND RECOVERED APPROXIMATELY 40 BARRELS OF CRUDE. THE SPILL AREA WOUND UP BEING APPROXIMATELY 6 ACRES AND THE AREA HAS BEEN REMEDIATED AND RESEEDED.

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