# WESTERN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2025-02-15

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20250021
- **title:** WESTERN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2025-02-15
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2025-03-13
- **effective on:** 2025-02-15
- **summary:** Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in MENTONE, LOVING County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 26.77 CRUDE OIL released, $55,765 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.
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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in MENTONE, LOVING County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 26.77 CRUDE OIL released, $55,765 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: 20250021.

Operator ID: 473.

Reported incident date: 2/15/2025 15:00.

Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: ON FEBRUARY 15, 2025, A THIRD PARTY NOTIFIED WESTERN MIDSTREAM OF OIL BUBBLING FROM THE GROUND NEAR THE NORTH 6" TO BLACKTIP CPF INLET OIL PL. WESTERN MIDSTREAM PIPELINE OPERATIONS FOREMAN DISPATCHED FIELD PERSONAL TO RESPOND AND ISOLATED LEAK AT 3:55 P.M. WESTERN MIDSTREAM CONFIRMS CRUDE OIL RELEASE AMOUNT OF 26.77 BARRELS. WESTERN MIDSTREAM DETERMINED THE LEAK WAS CORROSION FAILURE CAUSED BY MICROBIOLOGICALLY INFLUENCED CORROSION (MIC). PIPELINE OPERATOR IS DBM OIL SERVICES, LLC.
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