# TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION, LP (SPECTRA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2016-02-24 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20160021 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2016-02-24 **Published:** 2016-03-16 Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, ITAWAMBA County, MS. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 32 NATURAL GAS released, $109,360 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. ## Document text Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, ITAWAMBA County, MS. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 32 NATURAL GAS released, $109,360 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings. Report number: 20160021. Operator ID: 19235. Reported incident date: 2/24/2016 9:12. Location detail: 121 Cause detail: DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED Cause detail: A SPECTRA ENERGY EMPLOYEE DISCOVERED BUBBLES IN PONDING WATER OVER TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION, LP 36-INCH LINE 25 NEAR TREMONT, MISSISSIPPI IN ITAWAMBA COUNTY ON FEBRUARY 24, 2016. THE PIPELINE WAS EXCAVATED AND A PINHOLE LEAK IN THE DSAW LONG SEAM WELD WAS OBSERVED. METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED, AND THE LEAK WAS THE RESULT OF A PINHOLE LEAK WITH A DIAMETER OF APPROXIMATELY 0.043'. THE PINHOLE WAS DUE TO POROSITY IN THE SEAM WELD. THE PIPE HAD BEEN HYDROSTATIC TESTED IN 1965 TO 1,378 PSIG (1.47 X MAOP) WITH NO LEAK DETECTED. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION OR FABRICATION-RELATED. PHMSA indexed costs: $155,882 reported total cost, $103,942.913 in 1984 dollars, $194,815.711 in current-year dollars. PHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings. ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents` - SHA-256: `cfaa3673a50fdb5cccd6d691e3e99b54cb2a7782c52d60d2f39d4d272113b24c` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-23T19:58:37.035Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-1abac3feafde3f7f28b4e8ac` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20160021", "supplementalNumber": "17436", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2016-03-16", "receivedDateRaw": "3/16/2016" }, "operator": { "id": "19235", "name": "TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION, LP (SPECTRA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP)" }, "incident": { "date": "2016-02-24", "dateRaw": "2/24/2016 9:12" }, "location": { "city": "Not Within a Municipality", "county": "ITAWAMBA", "state": "MS", "postalCode": "38876", "latitude": 34.3438291, "longitude": -88.2303334, "type": "PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "121" }, "facilityName": "36-INCH LINE 25" }, "cause": { "category": "MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED", "NARRATIVE": "A SPECTRA ENERGY EMPLOYEE DISCOVERED BUBBLES IN PONDING WATER OVER TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION, LP 36-INCH LINE 25 NEAR TREMONT, MISSISSIPPI IN ITAWAMBA COUNTY ON FEBRUARY 24, 2016. THE PIPELINE WAS EXCAVATED AND A PINHOLE LEAK IN THE DSAW LONG SEAM WELD WAS OBSERVED. METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED, AND THE LEAK WAS THE RESULT OF A PINHOLE LEAK WITH A DIAMETER OF APPROXIMATELY 0.043'. THE PINHOLE WAS DUE TO POROSITY IN THE SEAM WELD. THE PIPE HAD BEEN HYDROSTATIC TESTED IN 1965 TO 1,378 PSIG (1.47 X MAOP) WITH NO LEAK DETECTED." } }, "consequences": { "fatalities": 0, "injuries": 0, "commodity": "NATURAL GAS", "release": "32", "propertyDamage": 109360, "estimatedOperatorCost": 0, "estimatedEmergencyCost": 0, "estimatedEnvironmentalCost": null, "ignition": "NO", "explosion": "NO", "evacuated": 0, "raw": { "FATAL": "0", "INJURE": "0", "UNINTENTIONAL_RELEASE": "32", "EST_COST_PROP_DAMAGE": "109360", "PRPTY": "155882" } }, "provenance": { "viewId": "27nc-rsge", "viewUrl": "https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge", "assetId": "2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8", "archiveFilename": "Gas Transmission & Gathering Incident Data - January 2010 to present.zip", "archiveSha256": "fe0b136ca4b00ac987a8bc2e195098accf910d97512c5fc3b59e62d9da5f674e", "memberPath": "incident_gas_transmission_gathering_jan2010_present.txt", "memberSha256": "b435f2a25718cf54c54e00294e6788c4f9c6860e02fb86355e75d294c243c4dd", "rowNumber": 1222, "rowSha256": "4f17754635646d06caabeb2d5ea4eeb5e1bb2a15f048557051c8dcebd0aedd37" }, "caveat": "Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. 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