# TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION LP (SPECTRA ENERGY CORP) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-07-28

**Citation:** PHMSA Report 20150104  
**Type / status:** incident / historical  
**Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration  
**Effective:** 2015-07-28  
**Published:** 2015-08-22

Gas transmission and gathering incident. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2111 NATURAL GAS released, $111,400 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. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2111 NATURAL GAS released, $111,400 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: 20150104.

Operator ID: 19235.

Reported incident date: 7/28/2015 14:53.

Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: BUBBLES ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AT WEST CAMERON BLOCK 480 WERE OBSERVED BY A SPECTRA ENERGY (TEXAS EASTERN) EMPLOYEE ON JULY 28, 2015 WHILE FLYING IN A HELICOPTER. THE PIPELINE SEGMENT SHUT IN WAS COMPLETED JULY 29, 2015. A DIVE BOAT WAS DISPATCHED TO THE LOCATION WHERE THE BUBBLES WERE OBSERVED. DIVERS CONFIRMED THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM A PIN HOLE LEAK DUE TO INTERNAL CORROSION IN TEXAS EASTERN 16-INCH LINE 41-A-8. A LEAK CLAMP WAS INSTALLED AND THE PIPELINE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AUGUST 4, 2015.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — INTERNAL.

PHMSA indexed costs: $134,248 reported total cost, $77,071.036 in 1984 dollars, $163,641.635 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: `c7175fbc15170327ec7bc752d56dc6106c354dca1f6cd69b0b784121730c6cc8`
- Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z
- Exported: 2026-08-26T16:34:55.038Z
- Document slug: `phmsa-incident-a0d8e33234604e4f94742b18`

### Source metadata

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