ENABLE GAS GATHERING, LLC — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2022-08-18

Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in BRADLEY, GRADY County, OK. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 50 CRUDE OIL released, $100 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: 20220088.

Operator ID: 39147.

Reported incident date: 8/18/2022 7:00.

Cause detail: THREADED CONNECTION/COUPLING FAILURE

Cause detail: ON 8/18/2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 07:00, AN ET MECHANICAL TECHNICIAN ARRIVED ON SITE AND NOTICED CRUDE OIL SPRAYING FROM THE V-3A LIGHTNER 4-INCH LINE. THE TECHNICIAN IMMEDIATELY SHUTDOWN AND ISOLATED THE LINE. APPROXIMATELY 100 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL SPRAYED ONTO THE GROUND AND TRAVELED TO A NEARBY UNNAMED INTERMITTENT TRIBUTARY OF ROARING CREEK. CLEAN-UP CREWS WERE MOBILIZED AND RECOVERY ACTIVITIES INITIATED. REMEDIAL EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES WERE IMMEDIATELY INITIATED AT THE POINT OF RELEASE AND ALONG THE UNNAMED INTERMITTENT TRIBUTARY OF ROARING CREEK. EXCAVATED SOIL HAS BEEN STAGED AT A NEARBY STATION FOR TESTING BEFORE BEING DISPOSED AT A LANDFILL. THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE DESIGN AND SUPPORT FOR THE 1-INCH NIPPLE WAS INADEQUATE. MISSING OR INADEQUATE SUPPORTS TO REDUCE VIBRATION LED TO THE NIPPLE FAILING AND CAUSING THE RELEASE. THE NIPPLE WAS REPLACED AND LINE RESTARTED AT 10:00. TO PREVENT RECURRENCE, SUPPORT WAS REDESIGNED TO REDUCE VIBRATION.