Incident details
Operator, cause, commodity and consequences with raw source fields.
HL incident on 2011-03-03 — TX
Operator
Conocophillips
Cause
Equipment Failure
Commodity
Refined And/or Petroleum Product (Non-Hvl) Which Is A Liquid At Ambient Conditions
Program
HL
Damage and Injuries
0 fatalities
0 injuries
Property damage (nominal)
$3,500
Incident datetime
2011-03-03 06:30
Report number
Location
TX
Narrative
At 6:30 am while performing morning station checks at the billings seminoe pump station, the operator discovered product spraying from a 1/2" x 1" sch 160 swedge associated with a thermal relief valve on the mainline. He notified the control center and had them shutdown the pipeline. An estimated 2 bbls of diesel gas mix was released to the ground. No product left the boundaries of the pump station. Free standing product has been removed with a vac truck and contaminated soil was placed in a roll-off box. Fifty gallons of product was recovered. The pipeline was safely returned to service. Initial investigation of the fitting revealed a crack where it was threaded in to a tee fitting. Updated per blaine keener e-mail due to changes in PHMSA reporting form.
Detailed record list
Report Received Date
2011-03-28 00:00:00
Iyear
2011
Report Number
20110108
Supplemental Number
17897
Report Type
Supplemental Final
Operator Id
31684
Name
Conocophillips
Operator Street Address
2331 Citywest Blvd
Operator City Name
Houston
Operator State Abbreviation
TX
Operator Postal Code
77042
Local Datetime
2011-03-03 06:30:00
Location Latitude
45.79417
Location Longitude
-108.47889
Commodity Released Type
Refined And/or Petroleum Product (Non-Hvl) Which Is A Liquid At Ambient Conditions
Commodity Subtype
Mixture Of Refined Products (Transmix Or Other Mixture)
Unintentional Release Bbls
2
Intentional Release Bbls
0
Recovered Bbls
1.19
Fatality Ind
No
Fatal
0
Injury Ind
No
Injure
0
Incident Identified Datetime
2011-03-03 06:30:00
System Part Involved
Onshore Pump/meter Station Equipment And Piping
On Off Shore
Onshore
Shutdown Due Accident Ind
Yes
Shutdown Datetime
2011-03-03 06:30:00
Restart Datetime
2011-03-03 10:30:00
On Site Datetime
2011-03-03 07:00:00
Ignite Ind
No
Explode Ind
No
Num Pub Evacuated
0
Pipe Fac Name
Seminoe Pipe Line Origination
Onshore State Abbreviation
Mt
Onshore Postal Code
59101
Onshore City Name
Billings
Onshore County Name
Yellowstone
Designated Location
Milepost/valve Station
Designated Name
0
Federal
No
Location Type
Totally Contained On Operator-Controlled Property
Incident Area Type
Aboveground
Pipe Facility Type
Interstate
Item Involved
Relief Line And Relief Equipment
Release Type
Leak
Leak Type
Connection Failure
Water Contam Ind
No
Could Be Hca
Yes
Commodity Reached Hca
Yes
High Pop Ind
Yes
High Pop Yes No
Yes
Est Cost Oper Paid
0
Est Cost Gas Released
250
Est Cost Prop Damage
3500
Est Cost Emergency
0
Est Cost Environmental
25000
Est Cost Other
2500
Est Cost Other Details
Testing And Monitoring
Prpty
31250
Pipeline Function
> 20% Smys Regulated Transmission
Employee Drug Test Ind
No
Contractor Drug Test Ind
No
Cause
Equipment Failure
Cause Details
Threaded Connection/coupling Failure
Eq Failure Type
Threaded Connection/coupling Failure
Preparer Name
M*** D******
Prepared Date
2013-04-11 00:00:00
Authorizer Name
T*** T*****
Authorizer Telephone
832-379-6255
Authorizer Title
Manager Regulatory Compliance
Authorizer Email
T************@c*************.com
Narrative
At 6:30 am while performing morning station checks at the billings seminoe pump station, the operator discovered product spraying from a 1/2" x 1" sch 160 swedge associated with a thermal relief valve on the mainline. He notified the control center and had them shutdown the pipeline. An estimated 2 bbls of diesel gas mix was released to the ground. No product left the boundaries of the pump station. Free standing product has been removed with a vac truck and contaminated soil was placed in a roll-off box. Fifty gallons of product was recovered. The pipeline was safely returned to service. Initial investigation of the fitting revealed a crack where it was threaded in to a tee fitting. Updated per blaine keener e-mail due to changes in PHMSA reporting form.
| Report Received Date | 2011-03-28 00:00:00 |
|---|---|
| Iyear | 2011 |
| Report Number | 20110108 |
| Supplemental Number | 17897 |
| Report Type | Supplemental Final |
| Operator Id | 31684 PHMSA Enforcement |
| Name | Conocophillips |
| Operator Street Address | 2331 Citywest Blvd |
| Operator City Name | Houston |
| Operator State Abbreviation | TX |
| Operator Postal Code | 77042 |
| Local Datetime | 2011-03-03 06:30:00 |
| Location Latitude | 45.79417 Google Maps OpenStreetMap |
| Location Longitude | -108.47889 Google Maps OpenStreetMap |
| Commodity Released Type | Refined And/or Petroleum Product (Non-Hvl) Which Is A Liquid At Ambient Conditions |
| Commodity Subtype | Mixture Of Refined Products (Transmix Or Other Mixture) |
| Unintentional Release Bbls | 2 |
| Intentional Release Bbls | 0 |
| Recovered Bbls | 1.19 |
| Fatality Ind | No |
| Fatal | 0 |
| Injury Ind | No |
| Injure | 0 |
| Incident Identified Datetime | 2011-03-03 06:30:00 |
| System Part Involved | Onshore Pump/meter Station Equipment And Piping |
| On Off Shore | Onshore |
| Shutdown Due Accident Ind | Yes |
| Shutdown Datetime | 2011-03-03 06:30:00 |
| Restart Datetime | 2011-03-03 10:30:00 |
| On Site Datetime | 2011-03-03 07:00:00 |
| Ignite Ind | No |
| Explode Ind | No |
| Num Pub Evacuated | 0 |
| Pipe Fac Name | Seminoe Pipe Line Origination |
| Onshore State Abbreviation | Mt |
| Onshore Postal Code | 59101 |
| Onshore City Name | Billings |
| Onshore County Name | Yellowstone |
| Designated Location | Milepost/valve Station |
| Designated Name | 0 |
| Federal | No |
| Location Type | Totally Contained On Operator-Controlled Property |
| Incident Area Type | Aboveground |
| Pipe Facility Type | Interstate |
| Item Involved | Relief Line And Relief Equipment |
| Release Type | Leak |
| Leak Type | Connection Failure |
| Water Contam Ind | No |
| Could Be Hca | Yes |
| Commodity Reached Hca | Yes |
| High Pop Ind | Yes |
| High Pop Yes No | Yes |
| Est Cost Oper Paid | 0 |
| Est Cost Gas Released | 250 |
| Est Cost Prop Damage | 3500 |
| Est Cost Emergency | 0 |
| Est Cost Environmental | 25000 |
| Est Cost Other | 2500 |
| Est Cost Other Details | Testing And Monitoring |
| Prpty | 31250 |
| Pipeline Function | > 20% Smys Regulated Transmission |
| Employee Drug Test Ind | No |
| Contractor Drug Test Ind | No |
| Cause | Equipment Failure |
| Cause Details | Threaded Connection/coupling Failure |
| Eq Failure Type | Threaded Connection/coupling Failure |
| Preparer Name | M*** D****** |
| Prepared Date | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 |
| Authorizer Name | T*** T***** |
| Authorizer Telephone | 832-379-6255 |
| Authorizer Title | Manager Regulatory Compliance |
| Authorizer Email | T************@c*************.com |
| Narrative | At 6:30 am while performing morning station checks at the billings seminoe pump station, the operator discovered product spraying from a 1/2" x 1" sch 160 swedge associated with a thermal relief valve on the mainline. He notified the control center and had them shutdown the pipeline. An estimated 2 bbls of diesel gas mix was released to the ground. No product left the boundaries of the pump station. Free standing product has been removed with a vac truck and contaminated soil was placed in a roll-off box. Fifty gallons of product was recovered. The pipeline was safely returned to service. Initial investigation of the fitting revealed a crack where it was threaded in to a tee fitting. Updated per blaine keener e-mail due to changes in PHMSA reporting form. |
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