# REGENCY INTRASTATE GAS LP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-06-09

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20150092  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2015-06-09  
**Published:** 2015-07-09

Gas transmission and gathering incident in SHREVEPORT, BOSSIER County, LA. Reported cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 4000 NATURAL GAS released, $700,000 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: significant incident, not serious.

## Document text

Gas transmission and gathering incident in SHREVEPORT, BOSSIER County, LA. Reported cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 4000 NATURAL GAS released, $700,000 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: 20150092.

Operator ID: 32335.

Reported incident date: 6/9/2015 20:05.

Location detail: SEC 2/MLV 2

Cause detail: HEAVY RAINS/FLOODS

Cause detail: ON 6/9/15 AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30PM, ENERGY TRANSFER'S GAS CONTROL RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE STALL POWER PLANT OPERATOR SAYING THAT THEIR PRESSURE WAS DROPPING. GAS CONTROL BEGAN POLLING LINE PRESSURES AND CALLED THE ENERGY TRANSFER FIELD OPERATOR. THE ENERGY TRANSFER FIELD OPERATOR FOUND THE LEAK AT APPROXIMATELY 8:05PM. THE LEAK WAS IN THE RED RIVER AND SEVERE FLOODING HAD BEEN OCCURRING. SEVERAL OF THE ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO THE FLOODING. THE LINE WAS ISOLATED AT APPROXIMATELY 9:10PM. FINAL UPDATE: OCT. 16, 2015 PLANS ARE TO LEAVE DAMAGED SECTION OF PIPE IN PLACE TO MITIGATE ANY POSSIBLE EROSION TO RIVER BANK AND SUBSEQUENT LEVEE. ALSO TO BORE A NEW RIVER CROSSING AND TIE-IN EXISTING PIPELINE ON EITHER SIDE OF RIVER. ALL PLANS ARE BEING COORDINATED WITH LDNR, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER AND PARISH LEVEE BOARDS.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: NATURAL FORCE DAMAGE — HEAVY RAINS/FLOODS.

PHMSA indexed costs: $710,300 reported total cost, $360,717.247 in 1984 dollars, $876,542.223 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: <https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip>
- Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents`
- SHA-256: `f2ae0c6d4132b3bfea9739bf4e3f5a2a61bb12202774b00ed70743d9c8691a1e`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T10:19:16.322Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-6bbc28ad3c689b38d00904fc`

### Source metadata

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