DELEK MARKETING AND SUPPLY, LP — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2023-05-19

Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in STANTON, MARTIN County, TX. Reported cause: INCORRECT OPERATION. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 530 CRUDE OIL released, $2,400 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: 20230051.

Operator ID: 15851.

Reported incident date: 5/19/2023 15:16.

Cause detail: WRONG EQUIPMENT SPECIFIED OR INSTALLED

Cause detail: ON FRIDAY MAY 19, 2023, A POTENTIAL CRUDE OIL RELEASE WAS CALLED IN AT 9:17 PM AT DELEK LOGISTICS STANTON IN WEST TEXAS TO THE DKL CONTROL ROOM. THE CONTROL ROOM IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE SYSTEM. DKL NOTIFIED TAS (OIL SPILL RESPONSE ORGANIZATION) TO MOBILIZE IN. OPERATIONS ARRIVED ONSITE AT APPROXIMATELY 10:40 PM TO VERIFY THE RELEASE. DKL EHS THEN CALLED RRC 24 HOUR REPORTING NUMBER TO MAKE THE NOTIFICATION OF THE RELEASE. THE MAJORITY OF THE OIL HAD COLLECTED ON THE PRODUCER'S PAD, AND SOME OF THE OIL HAD GONE TO THE WEST OF STANTON STATION APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS. APPROXIMATELY 75 YARDS TO THE EAST OF THE CHEVRON PAD, OIL HAD GONE THROUGH THE FENCE AND COLLECTED IN THE UNDERBRUSH IN FRONT OF THE PAD. THE OSRO PLACED OUT BOOM AND BERMED THE AREA TO PREVENT THE OIL FROM MOVING FURTHER. THE CAUSE OF THE RELEASE WAS THE 6-INCH FLEX HOSE SPLITTING DUE TO THE OPERATING PRESSURE OF THE SYSTEM EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE WORKING PRESSURE (MAWP) OF THE 6-INCH FLEX HOSE.