# TEXAS GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2017-10-02 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20170095 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2017-10-02 **Published:** 2017-10-23 Gas transmission and gathering incident in BASTROP, MOREHOUSE County, LA. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 51184 NATURAL GAS released, $176,700 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 BASTROP, MOREHOUSE County, LA. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 51184 NATURAL GAS released, $176,700 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: 20170095. Operator ID: 19270. Reported incident date: 10/2/2017 3:35. Location detail: 55.73 Cause detail: MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT Cause detail: TEXAS GAS'S CONTROL CENTER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE PUBLIC THAT A LOUD NOISE WAS COMING FROM ITS BASTROP COMPRESSOR STATION. WHEN LOCAL PERSONNEL ARRIVED AT THE SITE, THEY DISCOVERED GAS BLOWING FROM A 26" CHECK VALVE LOCATED AT THE T3 TURBINE PIPING. AFTER SECURING THE AREA, FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT BOLTS ON THE CHECK VALVE SHAFT WERE BROKEN. THE CAUSE IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. 3-5-18 ROOT CAUSE WAS CONFIRMED AS FATIGUE OF BOLTS ON CHECK VALVE SHAFT FAILED. 4-25-18 UPDATED WITH FINAL COSTS AND SUBMITTED FINAL REPORT. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT. PHMSA indexed costs: $339,364 reported total cost, $236,248.046 in 1984 dollars, $402,733.734 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: `b5feb2c35064b63e3e136e9d9c64e7a7f0af42fb9a814a1e1239b684baf6ce0e` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-24T15:09:06.328Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-3a421a62daac40c165e2bb00` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20170095", "supplementalNumber": "30234", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2017-10-23", "receivedDateRaw": "10/23/2017" }, "operator": { "id": "19270", "name": "TEXAS GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC" }, "incident": { "date": "2017-10-02", "dateRaw": "10/2/2017 3:35" }, "location": { "city": "BASTROP", "county": "MOREHOUSE", "state": "LA", "postalCode": "71220", "latitude": 32.960744, "longitude": -91.853292, "type": "OPERATOR-CONTROLLED PROPERTY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "55.73" }, "facilityName": "BASTROP COMPRESSOR STATION" }, "cause": { "category": "EQUIPMENT FAILURE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT", "NARRATIVE": "TEXAS GAS'S CONTROL CENTER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE PUBLIC THAT A LOUD NOISE WAS COMING FROM ITS BASTROP COMPRESSOR STATION. WHEN LOCAL PERSONNEL ARRIVED AT THE SITE, THEY DISCOVERED GAS BLOWING FROM A 26\" CHECK VALVE LOCATED AT THE T3 TURBINE PIPING. AFTER SECURING THE AREA, FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT BOLTS ON THE CHECK VALVE SHAFT WERE BROKEN. THE CAUSE IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. 3-5-18 ROOT CAUSE WAS CONFIRMED AS FATIGUE OF BOLTS ON CHECK VALVE SHAFT FAILED. 4-25-18 UPDATED WITH FINAL COSTS AND SUBMITTED FINAL REPORT." } }, "consequences": { "fatalities": 0, "injuries": 0, "commodity": "NATURAL GAS", "release": "51184", "propertyDamage": 176700, "estimatedOperatorCost": 9438, "estimatedEmergencyCost": 500, "estimatedEnvironmentalCost": null, "ignition": "NO", "explosion": "NO", "evacuated": 0, "raw": { "FATAL": "0", "INJURE": "0", "UNINTENTIONAL_RELEASE": "51184", "EST_COST_PROP_DAMAGE": "176700", "PRPTY": "339364" } }, "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": 1052, "rowSha256": "38b997b4889826e22b5f6e37e3cc0928df565db2bef742f1f87b2c78ea357815" }, "caveat": "Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. 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