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PHMSA Report 20230087
ENLINK PERMIAN, LLC — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2023-09-13
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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in RANKIN, UPTON County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 157 CRUDE OIL released, $95,000 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: 20230087.
Operator ID: 32634.
Reported incident date: 9/13/2023 12:42.
Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION
Cause detail: AN INCIDENT OF 157 BARREL SPILL RELEASE OCCURRED DUE TO INTERNAL CORROSION ON THE MC-1002 NON-DOT TRUNK LINE. UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT A SUSPECTED LOW POINT IN THE LINE. UPON DISCOVERY OPERATIONS STOPPED FLOW AND INSTALLED A CLAMP AND THEN DE-OILED THE MC1002 TRUNK LINE USING A SEALING PIG AND A SWAB PIG TO MAKE READY FOR REPAIRS. ONCE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETE THE LINE WAS PUT BACK IN SERVICE. SINCE THIS INCIDENT A ROBUST INTERNAL CORROSION PROGRAM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND THE PIPELINE PIGGING FREQUENCY HAS BEEN MODIFIED AND EXPANDED. CLEAN UP IS COMPLETE.
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