{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20170095","title":"TEXAS GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2017-10-02","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2017-10-23","effective_on":"2017-10-02","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in BASTROP, MOREHOUSE County, LA. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 51184 NATURAL GAS released, $176,700 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.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-3a421a62daac40c165e2bb00.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-3a421a62daac40c165e2bb00.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-3a421a62daac40c165e2bb00","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip","body":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in BASTROP, MOREHOUSE County, LA. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 51184 NATURAL GAS released, $176,700 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.\n\nReport number: 20170095.\n\nOperator ID: 19270.\n\nReported incident date: 10/2/2017 3:35.\n\nLocation detail: 55.73\n\nCause detail: MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT\n\nCause detail: TEXAS GAS'S CONTROL CENTER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE PUBLIC THAT A LOUD NOISE WAS COMING FROM ITS BASTROP COMPRESSOR STATION. WHEN LOCAL PERSONNEL ARRIVED AT THE SITE, THEY DISCOVERED GAS BLOWING FROM A 26\" CHECK VALVE LOCATED AT THE T3 TURBINE PIPING. AFTER SECURING THE AREA, FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT BOLTS ON THE CHECK VALVE SHAFT WERE BROKEN. THE CAUSE IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. 3-5-18 ROOT CAUSE WAS CONFIRMED AS FATIGUE OF BOLTS ON CHECK VALVE SHAFT FAILED. 4-25-18 UPDATED WITH FINAL COSTS AND SUBMITTED FINAL REPORT.\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $339,364 reported total cost, $236,248.046 in 1984 dollars, $402,733.734 in current-year dollars.\n\nPHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1566}