ENTERPRISE CRUDE PIPELINE LLC

hazardous_liquid Incident —

Incident Information

Report Date
OperatorENTERPRISE CRUDE PIPELINE LLC
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates29.61103, -95.18460

Cause

CauseCORROSION FAILURE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage
Lost Commodity
Public/Private Damage
Emergency Response
Environmental Remediation
Other Costs

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Incident Narrative

ON 7/14/22 AT APPROXIMATELY 03:04 CDST AN ENTERPRISE OPERATOR WAS MAKING ROUNDS AT ECHO STATION AND OBSERVED CRUDE OIL POOLING IN THE VICINITY OF METER SKID 350. CONTROL CENTER WAS THEN NOTIFIED TO SHUT DOWN THE MOVEMENT ACROSS THE METER SKID AND THE AFFECTED AREA WAS ISOLATED. AN ESTIMATED 2.7 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WERE RELEASED. REMEDIATION OF THE SOIL IS COMPLETE. THE PORTION OF LINE THAT LEAKED HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY DEACTIVATED. APPARENT CAUSE OF THE LEAK HAS BEEN DETERMINED AS INTERNAL CORROSION. NRC: #1341590 ON 7/15/2022 AT 12:41 CDST DUE TO CLEANUP COSTS EXCEEDING $50K. 48 HR NRC: #1341721 ON 7/16 AT 20:42 CDST.

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.

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