PHMSA Report 20230096
PHMSA Report 20230096
Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in COAHOMA, HOWARD County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 3 CRUDE OIL released, $1,400 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: 20230096.
Operator ID: 15851.
Reported incident date: 10/30/2023 9:44.
Cause detail: THREADED CONNECTION/COUPLING FAILURE
Cause detail: ON OCTOBER 30, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:44 A.M., THE OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER (OCC) WAS NOTIFIED OF A RELEASE AT THE MANN LEASE AUTOMATIC CUSTODY TRANSFER (LACT) UNIT. APPROXIMATELY 3 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WERE RELEASED. THE RELEASE ORIGINATED FROM THREADS SPLITTING ON A 1/4-INCH NIPPLE THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE SAMPLER MANIFOLD DUE TO VIBRATION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND THE SITE WAS CLEANED UP AND REPAIRED PROMPTLY.
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