MAGELLAN TERMINALS HOLDINGS, LP

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Incident Information

Report Date
OperatorMAGELLAN TERMINALS HOLDINGS, LP
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates35.94601, -96.74194

Cause

CauseEQUIPMENT FAILURE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage
Lost Commodity
Public/Private Damage
Emergency Response
Environmental Remediation
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Incident Narrative

IN PREPARATION FOR REPAIR WORK ON THE TANK 5005 MIXER, THE TANK AND MIXER WERE ISOLATED FROM FACILITY OPERATIONS AT ROUGHLY 0700 ON 7/24/19. UPON RETURNING TO THE MIXER AT 0920 TO PERFORM THE WORK, CRUDE WAS OBSERVED LEAKING FROM THE MIXER SEAL. OPERATIONS CONTROL WAS NOTIFIED. THE TECHNICIAN TIGHTENED THE PACKING TO STOP THE MIXER SEAL RELEASE. THE TANK WAS REMOVED FROM SERVICE, DRAINED AND THEN ISOLATED. FURTHER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE ROOF HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE MIXER PROPELLER. THE MIXER HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE NORMAL BOTTOM FOR THIS TANK AND 4 OTHER TANKS AT THIS FACILITY HAVE BEEN RAISED. SUPPLEMENTAL/FINAL UPDATE (01/03/2020): PART H

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