CRIMSON GULF, LLC

hazardous_liquid Incident —

Incident Information

Report Date
OperatorCRIMSON GULF, LLC
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates29.24566, -88.98251

Cause

CauseNATURAL FORCE DAMAGE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

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

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Incident Narrative

AN OIL SHEEN WAS FOUND NEARBY POMPANO (SEGMENT # 15637) AT 11:00 ON TUESDAY 11-17-2015. UPON DISCOVERY, ACTIONS WERE TAKEN TO SHUT-IN THE SYSTEM. BY 11:47 TUESDAY 11-17-2015 THE SYSTEM WAS FULLY SHUT-IN. DIVERS WERE MOBILIZED TO FIND AND REPAIR THE RELEASE LOCATION. UPON INSPECTION, A GIRTH WELD WAS CRACKED AND EVENTUALLY CAUSED THE PIPELINE TO SEPARATE. AT 18:00 TUESDAY 12-03-2015 A STRUCTURAL SMART CLAMP WAS FULLY INSTALLED TO REPAIR THE PIPELINE. IT APPEARS THAT THIS AREA HAS HAD RECENT LAND MOVEMENT (LANDSLIDE) WHICH CAUSED STRESS ON THE PIPELINE CONTRIBUTING TO THE CRACK AND EVENTUALLY CAUSED THE PIPELINE TO SEPARATE

About This Pipeline Incident

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