Carrier profile · USDOT 229642 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Houston Pasadena Apache Oil Company LP

DBA APACHE OIL COMPANY

16 power unitsavg 11.6 yrLocal · 1 statesPASADENA, TX88/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 13.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 72 vehicle and 75 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

18.8% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 7.0 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

74 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 7

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 16
Inspections · 24 mo: 75
Annualized: ≈38 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

1.07measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

22%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

33%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

44%

Vehicle Maintenance

Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 7 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 108 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 17 total · 3 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	2	0	0	2
2024	2	1	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2017	1	0	0	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	1	1
2009	2	0	0	2
2008	1	0	1	0
2006	1	0	0	1
2005	1	0	1	1
2004	1	0	0	1
2002	1	0	1	1
1994	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Nov 6, 2025	TX	0	0	Yes
Jan 29, 2025	TX	0	0	Yes
Dec 5, 2024	TX	0	0	Yes
Jan 18, 2024	TX	1	0	No
Jul 9, 2019	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 27, 2017	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 24, 2015	TX	0	0	Yes
Sep 18, 2012	TX	0	0	Yes
Aug 4, 2011	TX	0	1	Yes
Sep 1, 2009	TX	0	0	Yes
Mar 5, 2009	TX	0	0	Yes
Dec 11, 2008	TX	0	1	No
Oct 6, 2006	TX	0	0	Yes
Feb 15, 2005	TX	0	1	Yes
Sep 18, 2004	TX	0	0	Yes
Aug 7, 2002	TX	0	2	Yes
Aug 4, 1994	TX	0	0	Yes