NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-067

NTSB safety recommendation P-80-067.

THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE TEXAS PIPELINE COMPANY: NOTIFY THE PIPELINE PATROL OF THE LOCATION OF EXISTING FILLET-WELDED SLEEVES AND INSTRUCT IT TO EXAMINE, DURING PERIODIC PATROLS, THE AREAS AROUND THE SLEEVE INSTALLATIONS FOR SIGNS OF LEAKAGE.

Priority: CLASS II

Overall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action

Issued Date: 1980-09-24

Adopted Date: 1980-09-16

Overall Date Closed: 1981-02-11

Synopsis: ON JANUARY 2, 1980, CRUDE OIL LEAKED FROM A FRACTURED 22-INCH PIPELINE AT A LEVEE CROSSING AT BERWICK, LOUISIANA; THE PIPELINE IS OWNED BY THE TEXAS PIPELINE COMPANY AND RUNS BETWEEN HOUMA AND ERATH, LOUISIANA. AT 9:54 A.M., THE CRUDE OIL IGNITED. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED, AND SIX HOMES WERE EITHER DESTROYED OR DAMAGED.

Ntsbnumber: FTW80FP002

Report Number: None

Addressee Name: Texas Pipeline Company

Addressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable

Addressee Date Closed: 1981-02-11

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1980-12-03

Communication Type: Official Correspondence

Communication Contents: TEXAS PIPE LINE COMPANY LTR: WE HAVE REVIEWED ALL OF OUR MAIN LINES AND HAVE NOT FOUND ANY LOCATION WHERE A SLEEVE IS SUBJECTED TO ANY UNUSUAL STRESS. WE HAVE INSTRUCTED OUR AIR PATROL PILOTS TO CLOSELY OBSERVE ALL PIPELINE RIGHTS OF WAY FOR SIGNS OF LEAKAGE.

Addressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry

Communication Date: 1981-02-11

Communication Type: Official Correspondence