# SEA ROBIN PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2017-10-19 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20170104 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2017-10-19 **Published:** 2017-11-15 Gas transmission and gathering incident. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1820 NATURAL GAS released, $2,600 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: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1820 NATURAL GAS released, $2,600 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: 20170104. Operator ID: 18152. Reported incident date: 10/19/2017 15:02. Cause detail: NON-THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE Cause detail: AN NRC NOTIFICATION (NRC# 1193740) WAS MADE BASED ON AN OFFSHORE LEAK NEAR OUR FACILITIES LOCATED IN SHIP SHOAL 241 ON 10/19/17. LINE WAS ISOLATED AND DEPRESSURIZED UNTIL REPAIRS COULD BE MADE. THE 48 HR NRC# 1193922 REPORT WAS MADE ON 10/21. OFFSHORE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAUSED A DELAY IN DETERMINING THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK AND THE REPAIRS. A NEW NRC# 1194755 NOTIFICATION WAS MADE IDENTIFYING SEA ROBIN AS THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY ON 10/31, THE 48 HR NRC# 1194979 WAS MADE ON 11/02/17. THE CENTRALIZED PHMSA ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION DIVISION WAS PROVIDED DAILY UPDATES FROM 10/19/17 THROUGH THE RESTART OF THE LINE ON 11/09/17. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious. PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — NON-THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE. PHMSA indexed costs: $168,567 reported total cost, $124,307.092 in 1984 dollars, $199,470.553 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: `90fa54d58e8688d6ba62406ce6918a783c6904bf5bc9d6d73e6b219600bd8399` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T03:30:32.010Z - Exported: 2026-08-24T18:23:05.072Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-de58c82e004c068f8ad09c43` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "gas_transmission_gathering", "datasetLabel": "Gas transmission and gathering", "datasetPeriod": "January 2010 to present", "report": { "number": "20170104", "supplementalNumber": "17488", "type": "ORIGINAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2017-11-15", "receivedDateRaw": "11/15/2017" }, "operator": { "id": "18152", "name": "SEA ROBIN PIPELINE CO" }, "incident": { "date": "2017-10-19", "dateRaw": "10/19/2017 15:02" }, "location": { "city": null, "county": null, "state": null, "postalCode": null, "latitude": 28.43055, "longitude": -91.034387, "type": "OFFSHORE", "details": {}, "facilityName": null }, "cause": { "category": "EQUIPMENT FAILURE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "NON-THREADED CONNECTION FAILURE", "NARRATIVE": "AN NRC NOTIFICATION (NRC# 1193740) WAS MADE BASED ON AN OFFSHORE LEAK NEAR OUR FACILITIES LOCATED IN SHIP SHOAL 241 ON 10/19/17. LINE WAS ISOLATED AND DEPRESSURIZED UNTIL REPAIRS COULD BE MADE. THE 48 HR NRC# 1193922 REPORT WAS MADE ON 10/21. OFFSHORE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAUSED A DELAY IN DETERMINING THE SOURCE OF THE LEAK AND THE REPAIRS. A NEW NRC# 1194755 NOTIFICATION WAS MADE IDENTIFYING SEA ROBIN AS THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY ON 10/31, THE 48 HR NRC# 1194979 WAS MADE ON 11/02/17. 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