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PHMSA Report 20230307
WHITNEY OIL & GAS, LLC — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2023-11-29
Current as of 2023-11-29 Government source
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Hazardous liquid incident in LA. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.2 CRUDE OIL released, $15,000 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: 20230307.
Operator ID: 39377.
Reported incident date: 11/29/2023 7:45.
Cause detail: EXTERNAL CORROSION
Cause detail: OPERATORS NOTICED A SHEEN ON THE WATER BETWEEN C PLATFORM AND KO #1. OPERATORS ISOLATED THE PIPELINE ON BOTH ENDS BY CLOSING THE MANUAL VALVES AT EACH LOCATION. DIVER FOUND A PINHOLE IN THE PIPELINE AND INSTALLED PLIDCO CLAMP. THE PIPELINE WAS PRESSURE TESTED FOR LEAK AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.
PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — EXTERNAL.
PHMSA indexed costs: $15,050 reported total cost, $6,358.764 in 1984 dollars, $15,659.678 in current-year dollars.
PHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.
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