# TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION LP (SPECTRA ENERGY CORP) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-12-08 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20160001 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2015-12-08 **Published:** 2016-01-06 Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, TROUSDALE County, TN. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 10 NATURAL GAS released, $62,000 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 Not Within a Municipality, TROUSDALE County, TN. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 10 NATURAL GAS released, $62,000 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: 20160001. Operator ID: 19235. Reported incident date: 12/8/2015 13:45. Location detail: 307.70 Cause detail: DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED Cause detail: ON DECEMBER 8, 2015 A LANDOWNER IN TROUSDALE COUNTY, TENNESSEE REPORTED SIGNS OF A NATURAL GAS LEAK TO SPECTRA ENERGY. COMPANY PERSONNEL CONFIRMED NATURAL GAS WAS BEING RELEASED AT A SLOW RATE FROM THE TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION, LP 30-INCH LINE 10 AT MILEPOST 307.70. SPECTRA ENERGY EXCAVATED THE PIPELINE AND DETERMINED THE LEAKS WAS THE RESULT OF A CRACK IN THE GIRTH WELD. METALLURGICAL TESTING DETERMINED THE CRACK WAS CAUSED BY A WELD DEFECT (LACK OF PENETRATION) THAT WAS SUBJECTED TO SECONDARY LOADING. THE AFFECTED JOINT OF PIPE WAS REPLACED. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION OR FABRICATION-RELATED. PHMSA indexed costs: $114,405 reported total cost, $79,694.834 in 1984 dollars, $136,260.931 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: `dc518bfe5d3ca33fea150de0ba4f3101150aea196326d412eb1063541062873d` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-24T02:32:24.168Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-b5a91905e527cd1fac03a80a` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20160001", "supplementalNumber": "17518", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2016-01-06", "receivedDateRaw": "1/6/2016" }, "operator": { "id": "19235", "name": "TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION LP (SPECTRA ENERGY CORP)" }, "incident": { "date": "2015-12-08", "dateRaw": "12/8/2015 13:45" }, "location": { "city": "Not Within a Municipality", "county": "TROUSDALE", "state": "TN", "postalCode": "37074", "latitude": 36.386005, "longitude": -86.18383, "type": "PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "307.70" }, "facilityName": "TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION, LP 30-INCH LINE 10" }, "cause": { "category": "MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED", "NARRATIVE": "ON DECEMBER 8, 2015 A LANDOWNER IN TROUSDALE COUNTY, TENNESSEE REPORTED SIGNS OF A NATURAL GAS LEAK TO SPECTRA ENERGY. COMPANY PERSONNEL CONFIRMED NATURAL GAS WAS BEING RELEASED AT A SLOW RATE FROM THE TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION, LP 30-INCH LINE 10 AT MILEPOST 307.70. SPECTRA ENERGY EXCAVATED THE PIPELINE AND DETERMINED THE LEAKS WAS THE RESULT OF A CRACK IN THE GIRTH WELD. METALLURGICAL TESTING DETERMINED THE CRACK WAS CAUSED BY A WELD DEFECT (LACK OF PENETRATION) THAT WAS SUBJECTED TO SECONDARY LOADING. 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