CENTURION PIPELINE L.P. — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2023-07-07

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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in MIDKIFF, REAGAN County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2 CRUDE OIL released, $12,000 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: 20230066.

Operator ID: 31888.

Reported incident date: 7/7/2023 12:15.

Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: ON JULY 6, 2023, AN AERIAL PATROL CONTRACTOR INFORMED CENTURION PIPELINE, L.P. (CPL) OF A LEAK AT 11:30 AM. A CPL EMPLOYEE ARRIVED ON-SITE AT APPROXIMATELY 12:15 PM AND CONFIRMED THE LEAK WAS ON CPL'S 4-INCH "SHERROD LACT" PIPE SEGMENT LOCATED NEAR MIDKIFF, TEXAS IN REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS AT 12:15 PM. TWO (2) BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WAS RELEASED AND RECOVERED DURING THE PROCESS. CPL HAS REMEDIATED THE CONTAMINATED SOIL ON SITE. NO INJURIES, FATALITIES OR FIRES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT. TEMPORARY REPAIRS WERE COMPLETE AND PLANS ARE IN PLACE TO MAKE PERMANENT REPAIRS AND REMOVE THE FAILURE SITE. LINE SEGMENT HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. CPL'S INVESTIGATION IS STILL PENDING AND A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL FOLLOW UPON COMPLETION OF THE INVESTIGATION. THE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL INCLUDE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT, UPDATES TO COST, IF APPLICABLE AND ASSOCIATED P&M MEASURE(S). SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT SUBMITTED AUGUST 04, 2023: CORRECTED INCIDENT DATE FROM 06/06/2023 TO 07/06/2023. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT SUBMITTED MARCH 12, 2024: DURING THE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS, CPL DETERMINED THAT INTERNAL CORROSION DUE TO EROSION RESULTED IN A THROUGH-WALL CORROSION PIT AT THE 6'O CLOCK POSITION. APPROXIMATELY, EIGHTY (80) FEET OF PIPE WAS REPLACE WITH FUSION BOND EPOXY (FBE) COATED PIPE. WITH THE PERMANENT REPLACEMENT THAT EXTENDS PAST THE LEAK SITE, NO FURTHER ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED.

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