# TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION, LP (SPECTRA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2016-02-24

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20160021
- **title:** TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION, LP (SPECTRA ENERGY PARTNERS, LP) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2016-02-24
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2016-03-16
- **effective on:** 2016-02-24
- **summary:** Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, ITAWAMBA County, MS. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 32 NATURAL GAS released, $109,360 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.
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, ITAWAMBA County, MS. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 32 NATURAL GAS released, $109,360 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: 20160021.

Operator ID: 19235.

Reported incident date: 2/24/2016 9:12.

Location detail: 121

Cause detail: DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED

Cause detail: A SPECTRA ENERGY EMPLOYEE DISCOVERED BUBBLES IN PONDING WATER OVER TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION, LP 36-INCH LINE 25 NEAR TREMONT, MISSISSIPPI IN ITAWAMBA COUNTY ON FEBRUARY 24, 2016. THE PIPELINE WAS EXCAVATED AND A PINHOLE LEAK IN THE DSAW LONG SEAM WELD WAS OBSERVED. METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED, AND THE LEAK WAS THE RESULT OF A PINHOLE LEAK WITH A DIAMETER OF APPROXIMATELY 0.043'. THE PINHOLE WAS DUE TO POROSITY IN THE SEAM WELD. THE PIPE HAD BEEN HYDROSTATIC TESTED IN 1965 TO 1,378 PSIG (1.47 X MAOP) WITH NO LEAK DETECTED.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION OR FABRICATION-RELATED.

PHMSA indexed costs: $155,882 reported total cost, $103,942.913 in 1984 dollars, $194,815.711 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.
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