INGLESIDE, Texas — The Corpus Christi Office of Emergency Management was informed of a crude oil leak at the Flint Hills Resources Ingleside location in San Patricio County Saturday night.
Around 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 6, an estimated 2,915 barrels of oil reportedly leaked from a tank inside the FHR terminal.
In a press release, the Corpus Cristi OEM said all oil was contained onsite and there has been no impact to any surrounding bodies of water. Flint Hills reportedly sprayed the area with a sealing foam blanket to trap the odor, but officials said there may still be an odor in the immediate area. The Ingleside Police Department said in a post to social media Saturday night that while the leak "release" was contained, the odor was still pretty strong.
The Texas Department of Emergency Management, as well as local Emergency Management Officials are continuing to receive information from Flint Hills, according to Ingleside PD.
Flint Hills Emergency Crews and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said they will continue to conduct air sampling and report that it is not at a dangerous level. This weekend's spill comes after residents across the Coastal Bend began smelling an ammonia- like odor Thursday when a different spill took place in Victoria earlier last week.
Shamrock Products provided a full update on those cleanup efforts for that spill on Saturday. They said they are working to remediate around 300 barrels of a mixed spill which occurred at a private terminal. The material released consisted of crude oil, mercaptan, fuel oil, b-38, a solvent, and cracked hydrocarbons.
Shamrock said the spill poses no risk to the community.
The Corpus Christi Office of Emergency Management said that government agencies will continue to monitor air quality at the Flint Hills Ingleside spill and that all readings are normal as of Sunday morning. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is actively working with Flint Hills Resources to address the situation, but the cause of the incident is still under investigation. They are working on the issue and have air monitoring on the way.
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