PHMSA Report 20230065
PHMSA Report 20230065
Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in LUTHER, HOWARD County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 3 CRUDE OIL released, $1,200 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: 20230065.
Operator ID: 15851.
Reported incident date: 7/4/2023 6:45.
Cause detail: DEFECTIVE OR LOOSE TUBING OR FITTING
Cause detail: ON JULY 4, 2023, AT 6:45 A.M., THE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER (OCC) RECEIVED A HIGH DISCHARGE ALARM AT THE JASMINE LEASE AUTOMATIC CUSTODY TRANSFER (LACT) SITE. THE OCC IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE LACT AND DISPATCHED OPERATING PERSONNEL TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF THE ALARM. OPERATING PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON-SITE AND OBSERVED A RELEASE OF APPROXIMATELY THREE (3) BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL. THE RELEASE ORIGINATED FROM A SHEARED 3/8-INCH TUBING LINE ON THE PILOT ASSEMBLY OF THE BACKPRESSURE CONTROL VALVE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND THE SITE WAS CLEANED UP AND REPAIRED PROMPTLY.
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