TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION LP (SPECTRA ENERGY CORP) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-11-17

Gas transmission and gathering incident. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 223 NATURAL GAS released, $2,000,000 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: 20140135.

Operator ID: 19235.

Reported incident date: 11/17/2014 7:30.

Cause detail: ROUTINE OR NORMAL FISHING OR OTHER MARITIME ACTIVITY NOT ENGAGED IN EXCAVATION

Cause detail: ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 17, 2014, A LARGE BARGE WAS BEING PUSHED BY A TUG IN 15 FOOT SEAS WHEN THE TUG LOST POWER. THE TUG COULD NOT REGAIN POWER IN A TIMELY MANNER. AN ANCHOR WAS DROPPED WHICH SNAGGED TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION LP'S 16-INCH LINE 41-A-5 NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE IN EAST CAMERON BLOCK 321. THE ANCHOR COMPLETELY SEVERED THE PIPELINE CAUSING A SUBSTANTIAL RELEASE OF NATURAL GAS.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — FISHING OR MARITIME ACTIVITY.

PHMSA indexed costs: $2,093,296 reported total cost, $1,079,375.488 in 1984 dollars, $2,578,473.7 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.