PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC

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Incident Information

Report Date
OperatorPHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE LLC
Commodity—
Pipeline Typehazardous_liquid

Location

State
Coordinates35.28500, -101.54111

Cause

CauseEQUIPMENT 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

THE BARTLESVILLE CONTROL CENTER (BCC) RECEIVED AN EMERGENCY HOT LINE CALL REPORTING A LEAK NEAR INTERSECTION OF FM 2273 AND STATE HIGHWAY 60 NEAR AMARILLO, TEXAS. THIS WAS NEAR MP 258 ON WT-10 AND WT-80 PIPELINES. THE BCC IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN AND ISOLATED BOTH PIPELINE SYSTEMS. WHEN MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ARRIVED ON SITE THEY FOUND THE WT-80 SCRAPPER RECEIVER ENCLOSURE WHICH IS A SENTRY MODEL, WAS SEEPING CRUDE OIL INTO AN ONSITE CONTAINMENT AND IT HAD OVERRAN ONTO THE GROUND.

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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