# GULF SOUTH PIPELINE COMPANY, LP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2016-06-09

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20160055  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2016-06-09  
**Published:** 2016-07-05

Gas transmission and gathering incident in CENTER, SHELBY County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 714 NATURAL GAS released, $154,951 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 CENTER, SHELBY County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 714 NATURAL GAS released, $154,951 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: 20160055.

Operator ID: 31728.

Reported incident date: 6/9/2016 13:15.

Location detail: 2186+59

Cause detail: EXTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: GULF SOUTH EXPERIENCED A LEAK ON ITS INDEX 63 PIPELINE NEAR CENTER, TX. GULF SOUTH REMOVED CUSTOMERS FROM THE LINE AND BOTTLE FED CENTER TBS SO THE LINE COULD BE REMOVED FROM SERVICE AND REPAIRED. OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN RESTORED. FINAL REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED AFTER ALL INVOICES ARE RECEIVED.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — EXTERNAL.

PHMSA indexed costs: $157,052 reported total cost, $79,331.843 in 1984 dollars, $192,607.673 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: `118eb007eb11e3a9dee54a7e01801b11f16e06a9add9b4ad486e96ffd97a78ac`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-25T11:28:45.477Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-947744470d4468592af1d3d1`

### Source metadata

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