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PHMSA Report 20240037
CENTURION PIPELINE L.P. — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2024-04-12
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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in GOLDSMITH, ECTOR County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 40 CRUDE OIL released, $4,200 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: 20240037.
Operator ID: 31888.
Reported incident date: 4/12/2024 11:30.
Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION
Cause detail: ON 4/12/24 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30, AIR PATROL NOTICED A LEAK NEAR THE ECTOR TO GATE PLANT F 61 8-INCH LINE. ONCE ON SITE, OPERATIONS DISCOVERED A RELEASE OF APPROXIMATELY 40 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL. THE LINE WAS EXCAVATED AND REPAIRED WITH A PLIDCO MECHANICAL CLAMP. THE RELEASE WAS DUE TO INTERNAL CORROSION FROM A PINHOLE ON THE ECTOR TO GATE PLANT F 61 8-INCH PIPELINE. A CONTRACTOR CREW CLEANED UP PRODUCT AND REMOVED CONTAMINATED SOIL FOR OFFSITE REMEDIATION TO PREVENT REOCCURRENCE, THE INTERNAL CORROSION CONTROL PROGRAM IS BEING EVALUATED FOR ENHANCEMENTS.
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