PHMSA Report 20130038 - ONEOK WESTEX TRANSMISSION, LLC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2013-04-02 | Regulus

Gas transmission and gathering incident in BIG SPRING, HOWARD County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 3789 NATURAL GAS released, $42,262 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: 20130038.

Operator ID: 31531.

Reported incident date: 4/2/2013 12:50.

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY

Cause detail: NOTIFICATION ISSUE

Cause detail: NO NOTIFICATION MADE TO THE ONE-CALL CENTER/811

Cause detail: ONEOK WESTEX TRANSMISSION RECEIVED A CALL FROM A THIRD PARTY EXCAVATOR AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS ON APRIL 2, 2013 THAT THE THIRD PARTY HAD HIT THE 4100-000 NATURAL GAS PIPELINE AT APPROXIMATELY 1250 HOURS. THE THIRD PARTY WAS UTILIZING A TRENCHER ALONG CR-2 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FM-33 ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF BIG SPRING, TEXAS. ONEOK IMMEDIATELY DISPATCHED PERSONNEL TO HEAD TOWARDS THE SITE AND ARRIVED ONSITE AT 1450 HOURS. THE TRENCHER WAS STILL ON THE PIPELINE WITH BLOWING NATURAL GAS. ONEOK PERSONNEL ONSITE CONFIRMED THE PIPELINE THAT WAS STRUCK WAS THE ONEOK PIPELINE 4100-000. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER AT 1528 HOURS ON APRIL 2, 2013 UNDER INCIDENT NUMBER 1042744. THE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT AT 1533 HOURS ON APRIL 2, 2013. THE INCIDENT SITE WAS ISOLATED AND BLOWN DOWN IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE VIA PIPE REPLACEMENT. THERE WAS NO FIRE, NO INJURIES, NO DEATHS, NO MEDIA, AND NO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR FIRE DEPARTMENT ON SITE. THE PIPELINE WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE AS OF 2000 HOURS ON APRIL 3, 2013. THERE WERE FOUR CUSTOMERS IMPACTED BY THE INCIDENT. A ONECALL TICKET WAS NOT CALLED IN BY THE THIRD PARTY PRIOR TO TRENCHING.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE — THIRD PARTY EXCAVATION DAMAGE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $106,104 reported total cost, $72,950.375 in 1984 dollars, $117,842.301 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.