# KINDER MORGAN TEXAS PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-03-30 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20150058 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2015-03-30 **Published:** 2015-04-29 Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, STARR County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 10600 NATURAL GAS released, $2,000 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: not significant, not serious. ## Document text Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, STARR County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 10600 NATURAL GAS released, $2,000 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: 20150058. Operator ID: 31451. Reported incident date: 3/30/2015 11:03. Location detail: 123+33 Cause detail: MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT Cause detail: MARCH 30, 2015, 11:03 AM, BOB WEST COMPRESSOR STATION (COMMISSIONED 12/2014); ALL COMPRESSOR ENGINES SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF AN ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE RESULTING FROM A CIRCUIT SHORT TO A GROUND WIRE TIED INTO THE UPS PANEL; SAID UPS PANEL PROVIDES POWER TO ALL UNIT CONTROL PANELS AND COMPRESSOR STATION CONTROL PANEL; COMPRESSOR BLOW DOWN VALVES FOR UNITS 1 THROUGH UNIT 8 FAILED OPEN; SUCTION AND DISCHARGE SIDE VALVES FOR UNITS 1 THROUGH UNIT 8 REMAINED IN LAST POSITION WHICH WAS OPEN; SUCTION SIDE VALVE GOV-1001 AND DISCHARGE SIDE VALVE GOV-1002 REMAINED IN LAST POSITION WHICH WAS OPEN; COMPRESSOR BLOW DOWN VALVES OPERATED IN FAIL ESD STATE WHICH IS OPEN; AN ON-SITE STATION OPERATING TECHNICIAN CLOSED THE STATION SIDE VALVES; AN ON-SITE CONTROLS TECHNICIAN CLOSED THE SUCTION AND DISCHARGE VALVES ON UNITS 1 THROUGH UNIT 8; RELEASE OF NATURAL GAS ENDED 11:18 AM; THE COMPRESSOR BLOW DOWN VALVES RESET AUTOMATICALLY WHEN ELECTRIC POWER WAS RESTORED AT 11:33 AM; APRIL 01, 2015, 11:50 AM, NATURAL GAS LOST WAS RECALCULATED AND DETERMINED TO BE AN AMOUNT MEETING REPORTING CRITERIA; THE EVENT WAS REPORTED TO THE NRC AND TO THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION; PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT. PHMSA indexed costs: $44,400 reported total cost, $40,317.888 in 1984 dollars, $50,743.202 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: `ef4e2257e8c1b80caf483fde66d99040b2fae4ada50c9db887526316b514b2c4` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-25T23:38:06.862Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-231a3ae30324298ffb220ed2` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20150058", "supplementalNumber": "16778", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2015-04-29", "receivedDateRaw": "4/29/2015" }, "operator": { "id": "31451", "name": "KINDER MORGAN TEXAS PIPELINE CO" }, "incident": { "date": "2015-03-30", "dateRaw": "3/30/2015 11:03" }, "location": { "city": "Not Within a Municipality", "county": "STARR", "state": "TX", "postalCode": "78545", "latitude": 26.592994, "longitude": -99.086805, "type": "OPERATOR-CONTROLLED PROPERTY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "123+33" }, "facilityName": "BOB WEST COMPRESSOR STATION / STA #582" }, "cause": { "category": "EQUIPMENT FAILURE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT", "NARRATIVE": "MARCH 30, 2015, 11:03 AM, BOB WEST COMPRESSOR STATION (COMMISSIONED 12/2014); ALL COMPRESSOR ENGINES SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF AN ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE RESULTING FROM A CIRCUIT SHORT TO A GROUND WIRE TIED INTO THE UPS PANEL; SAID UPS PANEL PROVIDES POWER TO ALL UNIT CONTROL PANELS AND COMPRESSOR STATION CONTROL PANEL; COMPRESSOR BLOW DOWN VALVES FOR UNITS 1 THROUGH UNIT 8 FAILED OPEN; SUCTION AND DISCHARGE SIDE VALVES FOR UNITS 1 THROUGH UNIT 8 REMAINED IN LAST POSITION WHICH WAS OPEN; SUCTION SIDE VALVE GOV-1001 AND DISCHARGE SIDE VALVE GOV-1002 REMAINED IN LAST POSITION WHICH WAS OPEN; COMPRESSOR BLOW DOWN VALVES OPERATED IN FAIL ESD STATE WHICH IS OPEN; AN ON-SITE STATION OPERATING TECHNICIAN CLOSED THE STATION SIDE VALVES; AN ON-SITE CONTROLS TECHNICIAN CLOSED THE SUCTION AND DISCHARGE VALVES ON UNITS 1 THROUGH UNIT 8; RELEASE OF NATURAL GAS ENDED 11:18 AM; THE COMPRESSOR BLOW DOWN VALVES RESET AUTOMATICALLY WHEN ELECTRIC POWER WAS RESTORED AT 11:33 AM; APRIL 01, 2015, 11:50 AM, NATURAL GAS LOST WAS RECALCULATED AND DETERMINED TO BE AN AMOUNT MEETING REPORTING CRITERIA; THE EVENT WAS REPORTED TO THE NRC AND TO THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION;" } }, "consequences": { "fatalities": 0, "injuries": 0, "commodity": "NATURAL GAS", "release": "10600", "propertyDamage": 2000, "estimatedOperatorCost": 0, "estimatedEmergencyCost": 0, "estimatedEnvironmentalCost": null, "ignition": "NO", "explosion": "NO", "evacuated": 0, "raw": { "FATAL": "0", "INJURE": "0", "UNINTENTIONAL_RELEASE": "10600", "EST_COST_PROP_DAMAGE": "2000", "PRPTY": "44400" } }, "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": 1337, "rowSha256": "b7b61ba74b37073afa90da7b0e6214e57475dc58f1b1e0d9926bd5eb19f43aa3" }, "caveat": "Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. 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