{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20110380","title":"CHEVRON PIPE LINE CO — Hazardous liquid — incident on 2011-09-08","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2011-10-08","effective_on":"2011-09-08","summary":"Hazardous liquid incident in LATAN, MITCHELL County, TX. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 12836 HVL OR OTHER FLAMMABLE OR TOXIC FLUID WHICH IS A GAS AT AMBIENT CONDITIONS released, $400,000 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. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-baf19535917410cb23d07114.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-baf19535917410cb23d07114.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-baf19535917410cb23d07114","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/1d547e17-2be1-4a32-9958-a1d5a946ade9?download=true&filename=Hazardous%20Liquid%20Accident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip","body":"Hazardous liquid incident in LATAN, MITCHELL County, TX. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 12836 HVL OR OTHER FLAMMABLE OR TOXIC FLUID WHICH IS A GAS AT AMBIENT CONDITIONS released, $400,000 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.\n\nReport number: 20110380.\n\nOperator ID: 2731.\n\nReported incident date: 9/8/2011 7:50.\n\nLocation detail: 148.7\n\nCause detail: DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED\n\nCause detail: CPL'S HOUSTON CONTROL CENTER (INVESTIGATING A POTENTIAL LEAK, DUE TO SYSTEM IMBALACE) HAD SHUT DOWN THE TWO 10' SECTIONS OF THE LPG SYSTEM FOR A STAND UP TEST (BLOCKED @MP 158 & MP 139). ONE OF THE 10' LINES WAS BLOCKED IN @ 06:47 & THE OTHER @ 06:58. THE CONTROL CENTER RECEIVED A PHONE CALL @ 07:52 REPORTING A VAPOR CLOUD IN THE VACINITY OF OUR PIPELINES. THE CONTROL CENTER THEN RECEIVED ANOTHER PHONE CALL A FEW MINUTES LATER REPORTING THAT THE VAPOR CLOUD HAD IGNITED. CHEVRON PERSONNEL & LOCAL VFD'S ARRIVED & BEGAN SPRAYING WATER AROUND THE PERIMETER TO EXTINGUISH ANY GRASS FIRES. BOTH 10' LINES HAVE BEEN EXCAVATED & EXAMINED FOR HEAT DAMAGE. ALL BLOCK VALVES AT THE MP 148.8 SWAB TRAP AREA WERE DISMANTLED & INSPECTED FOR ANY HEAT RELATED DAMAGE AND ALL SEALS REPLACED ON 9-11-11. THE PIPE NEAR THE LEAK SITE WAS EXAMINED BY METALLURGISTS AND DETERMINED TO BE UNDAMAGED ON 9/11/11. THE DAMAGED PIPE WAS REPLACED WITH NEW TESTED PIPE AND THE 10' LOOP LINE WAS PUT BACK IN SERVICE ON 9/15/11. SEE ATTACHED LAB ANALYSIS PN:1251849\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION OR FABRICATION-RELATED.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $1,501,020 reported total cost, $805,078.65 in 1984 dollars, $1,982,660.939 in current-year dollars.\n\nPHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.","truncated":false,"body_characters":2167}