PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P. — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2023-07-17

Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in ARTESIA, EDDY County, NM. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2.1 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: 20230071.

Operator ID: 300.

Reported incident date: 7/17/2023 11:00.

Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: APPROXIMATELY 2.1 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WERE RELEASED FROM THE A1 MAIN 1 8INCH PIPELINE. THE DATE AND TIME OF THE RELEASE (PART A Q4) IS INDICATIVE OF THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME THE RELEASE COULD HAVE STARTED, AS IT WAS THE LAST TIME THE RIGHT OF WAY HAD BEEN INSPECTED VIA AERIAL PATROL AND CONFIRMED TO BE NO RELEASE OF CRUDE OIL. THE APPARENT CAUSE OF THE RELEASE IS ATTRIBUTED TO INTERNAL CORROSION. TO PREVENT FUTURE INCIDENTS, PLAINS HAS RUN A SMART TOOL TO CONFIRM THE INTEGRITY OF THE LINE AND IS EVALUATING THE APPLICATION OF CORROSION INHIBITORS.