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PHMSA Report 20030043
EQUITRANS INC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2003-03-30
Current as of 2003-03-30 Government source
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in MOBLEY, WETZEL County, WV. Reported cause: 25. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $150,000 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: 20030043.
Operator ID: 4511.
Reported incident date: 3/30/2003.
Cause detail: UNKNOWN
Cause detail: A SECTION OF 1" STEEL TUBING A DRY BED DEHYDRATION UNIT FAILED, CAUSING GAS TO IGNITE AND FORCING THE SHUTDOWN OF THE DEHYDRATION UNIT. 11-4-04 THE HEAT EXCHANGER FAILED DUE TO RAPID OVERHEATING, HOWEVER THE EXACT CAUSE OF OVERHEATING COULD NOT BE DETERMINED BY THE LAB (MODERN INDUSTRIES). ORIGINAL REPORT DATE WAS APRIL 25, 2003/ DOT REPORT NUMBER 20030043-577
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: ALL OTHER CAUSES — UNKNOWN.
PHMSA indexed costs: $150,000 reported total cost, $95,601.404 in 1984 dollars, $235,436.834 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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