# KINETICA ENERGY EXPRESS LLC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2021-06-24

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20210055  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2021-06-24  
**Published:** 2021-07-01

Gas transmission and gathering incident. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 25 NATURAL GAS released, $5,000 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. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 25 NATURAL GAS released, $5,000 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: 20210055.

Operator ID: 38987.

Reported incident date: 6/24/2021 16:15.

Cause detail: ROUTINE OR NORMAL FISHING OR OTHER MARITIME ACTIVITY NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION

Cause detail: NOTIFIED BY USCG ON 6/25/2021. LEAK CONFIRMED BY HELICOPTER OVERFLIGHT ON 6/26/2021. DIVE VESSEL DISPATCHED ON 6/26/2021. DIVERS FOUND A CRACKED 1/2" TUBING ON A 12" SUBSEA VALVE OPERATOR. CLOSED ISOLATION VALVE TO STOP LEAK. ASSUMED TO BE CAUSED BY OUTSIDE FORCES.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — FISHING OR MARITIME ACTIVITY.

PHMSA indexed costs: $80,100 reported total cost, $35,953.529 in 1984 dollars, $88,461.452 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: `d6d3a4b8589df5cc33b4cadf115fb4703f468dc0a841ba2c9c0b1186246e39f3`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-27T09:13:52.087Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-8f35d03249b1f9884b246be1`

### Source metadata

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