# TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE COMPANY — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-06-18 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20150097 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2015-06-18 **Published:** 2015-07-15 Gas transmission and gathering incident in VICTORIA, VICTORIA County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1 NATURAL GAS released, $133,620 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 VICTORIA, VICTORIA County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1 NATURAL GAS released, $133,620 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: 20150097. Operator ID: 19160. Reported incident date: 6/18/2015 14:15. Location detail: 49978.2 Cause detail: EXTERNAL CORROSION Cause detail: ON JUNE 18, 2015, THE TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE DAMAGE PREVENTION SUPERVISOR RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE AERIAL PATROLLER REPORTING BUBBLING IN THE TGP RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE AREA, AT THE TIME OF DISCOVERY WAS INACCESSIBLE DUE TO FLOODING FROM THE GUADALUPE RIVER. THE LEAK WAS CONFIRMED BY ISOLATION AND MONITORING. THE INCIDENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A PHMSA REPORTABLE INCIDENT BASED ON ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIRS. THE METALLURGICAL REPORT CONCLUDED THAT THE TGP LINE 100-1 LEAKED DUE TO EXTERNAL PITTING CORROSION IN THE BOTTOM QUARTER OF THE PIPE AT STATION 49978.2 BETWEEN MLV 8-1 AND MLV 9-1 IN VICTORIA COUNTY, TEXAS. THE BOTTOM QUARTER OF THE PIPE JOINT THAT LEAKED EXHIBITED DISBONDED COAL TAR ENAMEL COATING WITH EXPOSED STEEL IN SOME AREAS. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — EXTERNAL. PHMSA indexed costs: $159,346 reported total cost, $90,461.504 in 1984 dollars, $194,466.809 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: `79351accd264f294005c0e9cfcdbef484b309c3a498c973d70fc7d61150cd746` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-23T13:46:43.900Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-6728072975c78dbe73886722` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20150097", "supplementalNumber": "16870", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2015-07-15", "receivedDateRaw": "7/15/2015" }, "operator": { "id": "19160", "name": "TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE COMPANY" }, "incident": { "date": "2015-06-18", "dateRaw": "6/18/2015 14:15" }, "location": { "city": "VICTORIA", "county": "VICTORIA", "state": "TX", "postalCode": "77905", "latitude": 28.66631, "longitude": -96.99222, "type": "PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "49978.2" }, "facilityName": "LINE 100-1 PIPELINE" }, "cause": { "category": "CORROSION FAILURE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "EXTERNAL CORROSION", "NARRATIVE": "ON JUNE 18, 2015, THE TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE DAMAGE PREVENTION SUPERVISOR RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE AERIAL PATROLLER REPORTING BUBBLING IN THE TGP RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE AREA, AT THE TIME OF DISCOVERY WAS INACCESSIBLE DUE TO FLOODING FROM THE GUADALUPE RIVER. THE LEAK WAS CONFIRMED BY ISOLATION AND MONITORING. THE INCIDENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A PHMSA REPORTABLE INCIDENT BASED ON ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIRS. THE METALLURGICAL REPORT CONCLUDED THAT THE TGP LINE 100-1 LEAKED DUE TO EXTERNAL PITTING CORROSION IN THE BOTTOM QUARTER OF THE PIPE AT STATION 49978.2 BETWEEN MLV 8-1 AND MLV 9-1 IN VICTORIA COUNTY, TEXAS. 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