PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC
hazardous_liquid Incident —
Incident Information
| Report Date | — |
| Operator | PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC |
| Commodity | — |
| Pipeline Type | hazardous_liquid |
Location
| State | |
| Coordinates | 29.99127, -93.98717 |
Cause
| Cause | CORROSION FAILURE |
| Subcause | — |
Casualties
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
Costs
| Property Damage | — |
| Lost Commodity | — |
| Public/Private Damage | — |
| Emergency Response | — |
| Environmental Remediation | — |
| Other Costs | — |
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Incident Narrative
DURING OPERATOR ROUNDS, CRUDE OIL WAS DISCOVERED INSIDE THE CONCRETE CONTAINMENT AREA OF P100A/B BOOSTER PUMPS WHILE DELIVERING TO THE SPR LINE. PUMPS WERE IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN AND VALVES BLOCKED IN. NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO SUPERVISORS AND CONTRACT CREW WAS CALLED OUT TO BEGIN CLEANUP. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE UNDERGROUND PIPE, CROSSOVER PIPE BETWEEN THE DISCHARGE OF P100A AND THE SUCTION OF P100B USED TO RUN PUMP IN SERIES WAS LEAKING. MAINTENANCE CREWS ISOLATED AND BLIND FLANGED THE SHORT SECTION OF PIPE TO RETURN THE SYSTEM TO OPERATION THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE CROSSOVER PIPE USED TO RUN THE TWO PUMPS IN SERIES WAS NOT BEING UTILIZED DURING PUMPING OPERATION; THE PUMPS WERE BEING RUN IN PARALLEL AS IS TYPICAL FOR OPERATION OF BOTH BOOSTER PUMPS. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SECTION OF PIPE WILL BE CLEANED, FILLED WITH CONCRETE/GROUT AND ABANDONED DUE TO ITS INFREQUENT USE. SCADA SYSTEM IS IN PLACE AND USED ON THE PIPELINE, THE LEAK OCCURRED UPSTREAM OF THE METERS. UPDATED RESPONSE COST AND SPILL VOLUMES ADDED TO REPORT.
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.