PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P. — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2022-10-16

Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in JAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, LEA County, NM. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 21.1 CRUDE OIL released, $10,000 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: 20220107.

Operator ID: 300.

Reported incident date: 10/16/2022 12:00.

Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: APPROXIMATELY 21.1 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WERE RELEASED FROM THE MONTERA 6INCH PIPELINE. THE DATE AND TIME OF THE RELEASE IS INDICATIVE OF THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME THE RELEASE COULD HAVE STARTED BASED ON THE LAST TIME THE INCIDENT LOCATION HAD BEEN VISITED AND CONFIRMED TO BE NO RELEASE OF CRUDE OIL. THE CAUSE OF THE RELEASE IS ATTRIBUTED TO INTERNAL CORROSION. TO PREVENT FUTURE INCIDENTS, THE FAILED SECTION OF PIPE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. SUPPLEMENTAL: THE NOTIFICATION TO THE NEW MEXICO OIL CONSERVATION DIVISION (PART A Q15C) WAS MADE WITHIN 15 DAYS OF DISCOVERY IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEW MEXICO'S RELEASE NOTIFICATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. INTERNAL CORROSION WAS DETERMINED BASED ON INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EXAMINATION OF THE RELEASE POINT.