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PHMSA Report 20230054
IRONWOOD MIDSTREAM ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2023-06-07
Current as of 2023-06-07 Government source
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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in NA, LA SALLE County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.3 CRUDE OIL released, $4,000 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: 20230054.
Operator ID: 39649.
Reported incident date: 6/7/2023 10:45.
Cause detail: PUMP OR PUMP-RELATED EQUIPMENT
Cause detail: ON JUNE 7, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:45 AM, IRONWOOD OPERATIONS WAS NOTIFIED BY A THIRD-PARTY LEASE OPERATOR THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE LEAK ON A CHARGE PUMP ON THE GATHERING SYSTEM. IRONWOOD OPERATIONS ARRIVED ON LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 11:05 AM AND ISOLATED THE CHARGE PUMP. THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF CRUDE THAT WAS RELEASED, ESTIMATED VOLUME IS .27 BARRELS (11.42 GALLONS), AND WAS PROMPTLY REMEDIATED. THE RELEASE WAS DUE TO THE PUMP'S COUPLING BOLTS BEING SHEARED OFF; THE APPARENT CAUSE IS VIBRATION. THIS ALLOWED THE PUMP SHAFT TO MOVE AXIALLY DUE TO THE FLUID PRESSURE, CAUSING THE LEAK. THE PIPELINE MOP IS 1440, AND THE PRESSURE AT THE TIME OF THE RELEASE WAS 450 PSI.
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