PHMSA Report 20250028
PHMSA Report 20250028
Type R reporting-regulated gas gathering incident in STANTON, MARTIN County, TX. Reported cause: OTHER INCIDENT CAUSE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 59 NATURAL GAS released, $499,000 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: 20250028.
Operator ID: 32099.
Reported incident date: 9/20/2025 20:28.
Cause detail: UNKNOWN
Cause detail: ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2025, AN INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE MIMS COMPRESSOR STATION, 13 MILES NORTH OF STANTON, TEXAS IN MARTIN COUNTY. A THIRD PARTY NOTIFIED THE CONTROL CENTER, AND THE CONTROL CENTER NOTIFIED OPERATIONS ABOUT A POSSIBLE FIRE AROUND THE FM 176 AREA. 20:28, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT COMPRESSOR UNIT #2 AT THE MIMS COMPRESSOR STATION WAS ON FIRE, OPERATIONS ESD�D THE STATION AND BLOCKED THE UNIT IN. 0900 THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON SCENE. IT WAS DETERMINED AT THAT TIME THE REPAIRS AND DAMAGES WOULD EXCEED THE $149,700.00 REPORTABLE DOLLAR CRITERIA AND THE NRC AND THE TXRRC WERE NOTIFIED. THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THIS IS A LEASED COMPRESSOR FROM A 3RD PARTY. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED WHEN THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE.
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