OCD Permitting - Incidents

General Incident Information

Well:
Facility: [fAPP2126356155] PLU 29 BIG SINKS WEST BTY
Operator: [5380] XTO ENERGY, INC
Status: Inactive
Stage: Incident Closure Approved

Type: Fire

Severity:

Incident Location: F-29-25S-31E 0 FNL 0 FEL
Lat/Long: 32.10485,-103.80246 NAD83

District: Artesia
Surface Owner: Federal

County: Eddy (15)

Severity Indicators

Resulted In Fire:
Endangered Public Health:
Fresh Water Contamination:

Resulted In Injury:
Will or Has Reached Watercourse:
Property Or Environmental Damage:

Notes

Source of Referral: Industry Rep

Action / Escalation: Referred to Environmental Inspector

Contact Details

Contact Name:

Garrett Green

Contact Title:

SSHE Coordinator

Event Dates

Date of Discovery: 12/15/2022

Initial C-141 Report Due: 12/30/2022

Remediation Closure Report Due: 10/16/2023

Incident Dates

19.15.29 NMAC - RELEASES

Type	Received	Approved
Remediation Closure Report	03/09/2023	07/18/2023
Remediation Plan	03/09/2023	07/18/2023
Initial C-141 Report	12/22/2022	12/22/2022
Notification	12/22/2022	12/22/2022

19.15.30 NMAC - REMEDIATION

Type	Action	Received	Denied	Approved

Compositional Analysis of Vented and/or Flared Natural Gas

No Compositional Analysis Found

Incident Materials

Cause	Source	Material	Volume				Units
Cause	Source	Material	Unk.	Released	Recovered	Lost	Units
Other	Other (Specify)	Crude Oil		0	0	0	BBL

The concentration of dissolved chloride in the produced water >10,000 mg/l: Yes No
Cause of Release OR Additional Details provided for materials released: LACT faulted due to closed valves, causing fluid from VRT to go to flare and ignite. Flames self-extinguished upon reaching the ground. No injuries were reported. A third-party contractor has been retained for remediation purposes.

Incident Events

Date	Detail
07/18/2023	The (07/18/2023, C-141) application [195402] was accepted by OCD. The operator was emailed with details of this event.
07/18/2023	An application [195402] was submitted to OCD for review. It was submitted, indicating that it was an: [C-141] Application for administrative approval of a release notification and corrective action The operator was emailed confirmation of this event.
03/09/2023	The (07/18/2023, C-141) application [195402] was assigned to this incident.
12/22/2022	The (12/22/2022, C-141) application [169600] was accepted by OCD. The operator was emailed with details of this event.
12/22/2022	An application [169600] was submitted to OCD for review. It was submitted, indicating that it was an: [C-141] Application for administrative approval of a release notification and corrective action The operator was emailed confirmation of this event.
12/22/2022	The (12/22/2022, C-141) application [169600] was assigned to this incident.
12/22/2022	The (12/22/2022, NOR) application [169596] was assigned to this incident.
12/22/2022	Operator indicated that immediate notice was given (12/16/2022) prior to the submission of the NOR.
12/22/2022	Additional Details provided by the operator: LACT faulted due to closed valves, causing fluid from VRT to go to flare and ignite. Flames self-extinguished upon reaching the ground. No injuries were reported. A third-party contractor has been retained for remediation purposes.
12/22/2022	Initial Response question & answers at the time of notification were as follows. The source of the release has been stopped: True. The impacted area has been secured to protect human health and the environment: True. Released materials have been contained via the use of berms or dikes, absorbent pads, or other containment devices: True. All free liquids and recoverable materials have been removed and managed appropriately: True.
12/22/2022	New incident created by the operator, upon the submission of notification of release.
12/15/2022	C-141 received on 12/22/2022 for release on 12/15/2022. The cause of the release was reported as “LACT faulted due to closed valves, causing fluid from VRT to go to flare and ignite. Flames self-extinguished upon reaching the ground. No injuries were reported A third-party contractor has been retained for remediation purposes”.
12/15/2022	Release discovered by the operator.

Incident Severity

Major release as defined by 19.15.29.7(A) NMAC?
Yes No

From paragraph A. Major release determine using:
(2) an unauthorized release of a volume that:
(a) results in a fire or is the result of a fire.

Incident Corrective Actions

Initial Response

The source of the release has been stopped. The impacted area has been secured to protect human health and the environment. Released materials have been contained via the use of berms or dikes, absorbent pads, or other containment devices. All free liquids and recoverable materials have been removed and managed appropriately.
If all the actions described above have not been undertaken, explain why:

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