ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2013-08-19

Gas transmission and gathering incident in BRYSON, JACK County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 26765 NATURAL GAS released, $49,000 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: 20130084.

Operator ID: 32099.

Reported incident date: 8/19/2013 5:05.

Location detail: 14+81

Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: ON AUGUST 19, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 5:05 AM ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY (ETC) EXPERIENCED RUPTURE ON THE SIMPSON HEIRS 8" LATERAL IN THE BRYSON UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITY IN JACK COUNTY, NEAR BRYSON, TEXAS. THE PIPELINE IS AN INTRASTATE NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE LOCATED IN A RURAL (CLASS 1) AREA, UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION (SYSTEM ID # 960834). THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE TRRC UNDER INCIDENT ID: 844 AND ALSO TO THE NRC UNDER ID: 1057525. THERE WERE NO FATALITIES, INJURIES, EVACUATIONS, ROAD CLOSURES, EXPLOSIONS, FIRE, MEDIA INTEREST, SPILLS OR ANY RESPONSE BY AN EMERGENCY OFFICIAL. THERE WERE NO BUILDINGS INTENDED FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY WITHIN 1/2 MILE. AT 4:31 AM, AN AREA LANDOWNER, CONTACTED AN ETC EMPLOYEE AND ADVISED THAT HE HEARD GAS BLOWING IN THE AREA OF THE BRYSON STORAGE FACILITY. AT 4:37 AM A SECOND AREA LANDOWNER, CONTACTED AN ETC EMPLOYEE AND ADVISED THAT HE HEARD GAS BLOWING IN THE AREA OF CEMENT MOUNTAIN ROAD. AT 4:40 AM, ETC GAS CONTROL WAS CONTACTED, AND ADVISED THERE WAS AN ISSUE AT THE BRYSON COMPRESSOR STATION AND ASKED TO STOP INJECTING, SHUT THE ENGINES DOWN, ISOLATE STATION VALVES & WAIT FOR A CALL BACK. OPERATIONS PERSONNEL RESPONDED ON SCENE AT 5:05 AM AND THE RUPTURE WAS CONFIRMED TO BE ON THE SIMPSON HEIRS 8" LATERAL AND WAS ISOLATED AND DEPRESSURIZED AT 5:08 AM. THE PIPELINE WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING A SECTION OF LINE PIPE AND WAS MADE READY FOR SERVICE ON 8/23/13 AT 3:30 PM. FINAL UPDATE: NOV. 26, 2013 ALL PERMANENT REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED AND THE LINE WAS BROUGHT BACK IN SERVICE ON OCT. 23, 2013. THE LINE WAS MADE PIGGABLE BY REPLACING PIPE SIZES TO BE SAME. ALL DAMAGES WERE LIMITED TO GAS LOSS AND PIPE REPAIRS. ESTIMATED COST NOTED ON INITIAL REPORT REMAIN ACCURATE.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — INTERNAL.

PHMSA indexed costs: $144,010 reported total cost, $102,248.082 in 1984 dollars, $156,841.615 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.