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PHMSA Report 20210042
IRONWOOD MIDSTREAM ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2021-04-20
Current as of 2021-04-20 Government source
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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in NA, KARNES County, TX. Reported cause: INCORRECT OPERATION. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1.67 CRUDE OIL released, $0 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: 20210042.
Operator ID: 39649.
Reported incident date: 4/20/2021 15:09.
Cause detail: WRONG EQUIPMENT SPECIFIED OR INSTALLED
Cause detail: ON APRIL 20 AT APPROXIMATELY 13:09, IRONWOOD LOCAL OPERATING PERSONNEL NOTICED A CRUDE LEAK COMING FROM THE LACT UNIT SUCTION STRAINER BASKET. THE OPERATOR SHUT THE SUCTION VALVE TO THE PUMP TO STOP THE LEAK. AND BEGIN THE REMEDIATION PROCESS. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE STRAINER HAD AN O-RING INSTALLED INSTEAD OF A GASKET, AND THIS CAUSED THE RELEASE. THE OPERATOR INSTALLED THE CORRECT GASKET AND PUT THE SYSTEM BACK INTO SERVICE. TO MITIGATE RE-OCCURRENCE OPERATIONS PERSONNEL INSPECTED LIKE EQUIPMENT TO ENSURE THE CORRECT GASKETS WERE INSTALLED.
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