# TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2003-01-10

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20030015
- **title:** TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2003-01-10
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2003-02-06
- **effective on:** 2003-01-10
- **summary:** Gas transmission and gathering incident in PORT SULPHUR, PLAQUEMINES County, LA. Reported cause: 2. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $111,000 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. PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in PORT SULPHUR, PLAQUEMINES County, LA. Reported cause: 2. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $111,000 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: 20030015.

Operator ID: 19160.

Reported incident date: 1/10/2003.

Cause detail: CORROSION, INTERNAL

Cause detail: THERE WAS A LEAK LOCATED ON 527A-100 LINE ON THE DISCHARGE HEADER AD-3, IN THE PORT SULPHUR COMPRESSOR STATION. INTERNAL CORROSION AT A SUMP ON THE 36" HEADER IS THE APPARENT CAUSE. A PIN HOLE LEAK ON THE 6" CAP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SUMP WAS FOUND.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — INTERNAL.

PHMSA indexed costs: $111,000 reported total cost, $70,782.91 in 1984 dollars, $173,482.738 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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