# CENTURION PIPELINE L.P. — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2022-12-14

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20230002
- **title:** CENTURION PIPELINE L.P. — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2022-12-14
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2023-01-06
- **effective on:** 2022-12-14
- **summary:** Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in Not Within a Municipality, ANDREWS County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.7 CRUDE OIL released, $100 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.
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Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in Not Within a Municipality, ANDREWS County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0.7 CRUDE OIL released, $100 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: 20230002.

Operator ID: 31888.

Reported incident date: 12/14/2022 12:20.

Cause detail: EXTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: ON DECEMBER 14, 2022, A THIRD PARTY OPERATOR'S PUMPER NOTIFIED CENTURION PIPELINE, L.P. (CPL) OF A POTENTIAL LEAK NEAR CPL'S "FULLERTON SWEET NW TR" RIGHT-OF-WAY NEAR ANDREWS, IN ANDREWS COUNTY, TEXAS. AN CPL EMPLOYEE ARRIVED ON-SITE AT 09:27 AM AND PROCEEDED TO CONFIRM THE LEAK WAS ON CPL'S "FULLERTON SWT NW TRAIL" AT 12:20 PM. THIRTY-ONE AND A HALF (31.5) GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL WAS RELEASED AND RECOVERED DURING THE PROCESS. CPL REMEDIATED THE CONTAMINATED SOIL ON-SITE. NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES OR FIRES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INCIDENT. 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 AND ASSOCIATED P&M MEASURES. SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT FILED ON JANUARY 20, 2023: DURING THE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT EXTERNAL CORROSION RESULTED IN THROUGH-WALL PIT AT THE 3 O'CLOCK POSITION ON BARE PIPE. ALSO, UPON EXCAVATION, CPL DISCOVERED THAT GENERAL CORROSION DAMAGE EXTENDED BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE LEAK LOCATION. APPROXIMATELY, NINETY-EIGHT (98) FEET OF PIPE WAS REPLACED WITH FUSION BOND EPOXY (FBE) COATED PIPE. NO FURTHER ACTIONS ARE REQUIRED.
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