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PHMSA Report 20120077
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2012-07-09
Current as of 2012-07-09 Government source
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0 released, $2,000 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: 20120077.
Operator ID: 31618.
Reported incident date: 7/9/2012 15:40.
Cause detail: OTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURE
Cause detail: A FISHERMAN REPORTED A SHEEN TO THE COAST GUARD AT 15:40 IN THE VICINITY OF ENTERPRISE'S X1-400 TOMCAT PLATFORM IN BLOCK MI558 OF MATAGORDA BAY. THE SHEEN WAS REPORTED TO ENTERPRISE BY THE COAST GUARD. AN ENTERPRISE TECHNICIAN WAS DISPATCHED BY HELICOPTER TO THE MI558 PLATFORM WERE HE CONFIRMED THE RELEASE AT 16:45. THE OSCILLATOR ON A LIQUID COLLECTION SUMP PUMP FAILED CAUSING CONDESATED TO DRIP OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERIC VENT. THE TECHNICIAN ISOLATED THE SUMP AND REMOVED THE PUMP FOR REPAIR. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED ON 7-12-2012.
PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — OTHER EQUIPMENT FAILURE.
PHMSA indexed costs: $3,000 reported total cost, $1,580.1 in 1984 dollars, $3,891.3 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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