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PHMSA Report 20210009
PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P. — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2021-01-21
Current as of 2021-01-21 Government source
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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in HOBBS, EDDY County, NM. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 8 CRUDE OIL released, $5,000 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: 20210009.
Operator ID: 300.
Reported incident date: 1/21/2021 10:45.
Cause detail: DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED
Cause detail: APPROXIMATELY 8 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WERE RELEASED FROM THE HUDSON FEDERAL 4" REPORTING-REGULATED-ONLY POLYETHYLENE PIPELINE. THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ONCE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED. SUPPLEMENTAL NARRATIVE: THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A MATERIAL FAILURE OF THE WELD DURING ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION. TO PREVENT FUTURE RELEASES, PLAINS REPAIRED THE SECTION OF PIPING THAT FAILED.
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