# ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2016-09-14 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20160081 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2016-09-14 **Published:** 2016-10-07 Gas transmission and gathering incident in HOUSTON, HARRIS County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 63 NATURAL GAS released, $44,132 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 in HOUSTON, HARRIS County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 63 NATURAL GAS released, $44,132 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: 20160081. Operator ID: 32099. Reported incident date: 9/14/2016 11:05. Location detail: 455+24 Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY Cause detail: LOCATING ISSUE Cause detail: FACILITY NOT MARKED DUE TO LOCATOR ERROR Cause detail: AT APPROXIMATELY 10:57 HOURS ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2016, ENERGY TRANSFER SUSTAINED A PIPELINE STRIKE FROM A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR CROSSING THE EASEMENT ON ITS EAST TEXAS 12" TRANSMISSION LINE, ACCOUNT #3016. (RRC SYSTEM ID: 530733). THIS EVENT OCCURRED IN A CLASS 1 LOCATION IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON IN HARRIS COUNTY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EAST LITTLE YORK ROAD AND PRIMROSE MARK LANE. THERE WERE NO FIRES OR INJURIES. NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO THE NRC AND RRC AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 HOURS. THE LINE WAS ISOLATED, BLOWN DOWN, AND THE DAMAGED SECTION WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE LINE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 0115 HOURS. THIS OCCURRED ON AN INTRASTATE GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION. PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE. PHMSA indexed costs: $47,478 reported total cost, $24,385.769 in 1984 dollars, $58,285.023 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: `a30cdde394ea7f78037052b4b439a8fb720bb27d66ae7543ef77a6d5b4024351` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-23T12:38:25.145Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-c39b62d2f801bba8747e1ac5` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20160081", "supplementalNumber": "17198", "type": "ORIGINAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2016-10-07", "receivedDateRaw": "10/7/2016" }, "operator": { "id": "32099", "name": "ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY" }, "incident": { "date": "2016-09-14", "dateRaw": "9/14/2016 11:05" }, "location": { "city": "HOUSTON", "county": "HARRIS", "state": "TX", "postalCode": "77044", "latitude": 29.86755, "longitude": -95.20239, "type": "PIPELINE RIGHT-OF-WAY", "details": { "DESIGNATED_NAME": "455+24" }, "facilityName": "EAST TEXAS 12\"" }, "cause": { "category": "EXCAVATION DAMAGE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY", "ROOT_CAUSE_CATEGORY": "LOCATING ISSUE", "ROOT_CAUSE_TYPE": "FACILITY NOT MARKED DUE TO LOCATOR ERROR", "NARRATIVE": "AT APPROXIMATELY 10:57 HOURS ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2016, ENERGY TRANSFER SUSTAINED A PIPELINE STRIKE FROM A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR CROSSING THE EASEMENT ON ITS EAST TEXAS 12\" TRANSMISSION LINE, ACCOUNT #3016. (RRC SYSTEM ID: 530733). THIS EVENT OCCURRED IN A CLASS 1 LOCATION IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON IN HARRIS COUNTY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EAST LITTLE YORK ROAD AND PRIMROSE MARK LANE. THERE WERE NO FIRES OR INJURIES. NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO THE NRC AND RRC AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 HOURS. THE LINE WAS ISOLATED, BLOWN DOWN, AND THE DAMAGED SECTION WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE LINE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 0115 HOURS. THIS OCCURRED ON AN INTRASTATE GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION." } }, "consequences": { "fatalities": 0, "injuries": 0, "commodity": "NATURAL GAS", "release": "63", "propertyDamage": 44132, "estimatedOperatorCost": 0, "estimatedEmergencyCost": 2000, "estimatedEnvironmentalCost": null, "ignition": "NO", "explosion": "NO", "evacuated": 750, "raw": { "FATAL": "0", "INJURE": "0", "UNINTENTIONAL_RELEASE": "63", "EST_COST_PROP_DAMAGE": "44132", "PRPTY": "47478" } }, "provenance": { "viewId": "27nc-rsge", "viewUrl": "https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge", "assetId": "2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8", "archiveFilename": "Gas Transmission & Gathering Incident Data - January 2010 to present.zip", "archiveSha256": "fe0b136ca4b00ac987a8bc2e195098accf910d97512c5fc3b59e62d9da5f674e", "memberPath": "incident_gas_transmission_gathering_jan2010_present.txt", "memberSha256": "b435f2a25718cf54c54e00294e6788c4f9c6860e02fb86355e75d294c243c4dd", "rowNumber": 1163, "rowSha256": "2cc39bab93175930c7eec2dc293bd6046458d1843a787badbc4b9d88e95df320" }, "caveat": "Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. 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