# KINETICA ENERGY EXPRESS LLC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-01-10 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20150013 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2015-01-10 **Published:** 2015-02-04 Gas transmission and gathering incident. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 120 NATURAL GAS released, $235,000 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. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 120 NATURAL GAS released, $235,000 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: 20150013. Operator ID: 38987. Reported incident date: 1/10/2015 11:30. Cause detail: DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED Cause detail: A BSEE INSPECTOR PERFORMING INSPECTIONS IN THE AREA IDENTIFIED BUBBLES ON THE WATER'S SURFACE. WE WERE CONTACTED BY THE AGENCY AND KINETICA DISPATCHED PERSONNEL TO THE LOCATION TO VERIFY COORDINATES. UPON VERIFICATION BY PERSONNEL AND TELEPHONE COORDINATION WITH THE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, THE PIPELINE WAS IDENTIFIED AS BELONGING TO KINETICA ENERGY EXPRESS. AT THAT TIME THE VALVES WERE CLOSED AND LOCKED. A REPAIR CLAMP WAS PROCURED AND INSTALLED WITH OVERSIGHT BY A COMPANY INSPECTOR. THE PIPELINE REPAIR WAS TESTED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH KINETICA PROCEDURES. SUPPLEMENTAL CREATED TO FINALIZE REPORT. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION OR FABRICATION-RELATED. PHMSA indexed costs: $251,498 reported total cost, $126,805.697 in 1984 dollars, $310,568.218 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: `68bee7b7e20752b0806b9b656e23e0c184eafcee49948525b67bb4af382aac0d` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-25T20:50:39.304Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-ac46095a3ee62c53e61b6a04` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20150013", "supplementalNumber": "16699", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2015-02-04", "receivedDateRaw": "2/4/2015" }, "operator": { "id": "38987", "name": "KINETICA ENERGY EXPRESS LLC" }, "incident": { "date": "2015-01-10", "dateRaw": "1/10/2015 11:30" }, "location": { "city": null, "county": null, "state": null, "postalCode": null, "latitude": 29.371393, "longitude": -93.155723, "type": "OFFSHORE", "details": {}, "facilityName": null }, "cause": { "category": "MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED", "NARRATIVE": "A BSEE INSPECTOR PERFORMING INSPECTIONS IN THE AREA IDENTIFIED BUBBLES ON THE WATER'S SURFACE. WE WERE CONTACTED BY THE AGENCY AND KINETICA DISPATCHED PERSONNEL TO THE LOCATION TO VERIFY COORDINATES. UPON VERIFICATION BY PERSONNEL AND TELEPHONE COORDINATION WITH THE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, THE PIPELINE WAS IDENTIFIED AS BELONGING TO KINETICA ENERGY EXPRESS. AT THAT TIME THE VALVES WERE CLOSED AND LOCKED. A REPAIR CLAMP WAS PROCURED AND INSTALLED WITH OVERSIGHT BY A COMPANY INSPECTOR. THE PIPELINE REPAIR WAS TESTED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH KINETICA PROCEDURES. 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