ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY
hazardous_liquid Incident — — August 20, 2024
Incident Information
| Incident Date | August 20, 2024 |
| Operator | ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY |
| Commodity | CRUDE OIL |
| Pipeline Type | hazardous_liquid |
Location
| State | |
| Coordinates | 42.38450, -83.35362 |
Cause
| Cause | MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD |
| Subcause | ENVIRONMENTAL CRACKING-RELATED |
Casualties
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
Costs
| Property Damage | $225,580 |
| Emergency Response | $155,995 |
| Other Costs | $0 |
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Incident Narrative
"ON 8/20/2024 AT 08:57, OPERATIONS RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION CONCERNING VISIBLE PRODUCT LEAKING FROM A SIDEWALK ON 13002 CMAR-CTOL-16INCH LINE. LINE WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUTDOWN AND ISOLATED. APPROXIMATELY 5 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WAS RELEASED. AN OSRO WAS MOBILIZED TO CLEANUP FREE PRODUCT AND CONTAMINATED SOIL. THE FAILED PIPE WAS CUTOUT AND REPLACED. THE LINE WAS RESTARTED ON 8/24/2024 AT 09:45. THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ONCE THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE. SUPPLEMENTAL & FINAL: THE INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE LEAK OCCURRED AT A PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED STOPPLE FITTING AND ASSOCIATED THREAD-O-RING (TOR). THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM A CRACK IN A WELD JOINING THE OVERLAPPING SIDE STRAP (OSS) BAR TO THE REINFORCEMENT SLEEVE. A HYDROGEN ASSISTED COLD CRACK (HACC) ANOMALY WAS A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR, WHICH PROPAGATED THE THROUGH WALL CRACK. GROWTH OF THE CRACK OCCURRED BECAUSE THE ANNULAR SPACE OF THE SLEEVE WAS EXPOSED TO CYCLIC PIPELINE PRESSURE SINCE THE WELD BETWEEN THE TOR AND THE CARRIER PIPE WAS NOT MADE DURING INSTALLATION OF THE TOR AND SLEEVE ASSEMBLY. THE FAILURE TO MAKE THIS WELD MADE THE SLEEVE PRESSURE CONTAINING, WHICH IT WAS NOT DESIGNED TO BE. TO PREVENT REOCCURRENCE, PIPELINE INTEGRITY WILL IDENTIFY
About This Pipeline Incident
Pipeline incident data is reported to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). All significant incidents involving fatalities, injuries, or property damage over $50,000 must be reported.