PHMSA Report 20140117
PHMSA Report 20140117
Gas transmission and gathering incident. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 110 NATURAL GAS released, $225,000 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: 20140117.
Operator ID: 38987.
Reported incident date: 10/11/2014 14:00.
Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION
Cause detail: TEXAS EASTERN PIPELINE MADE A THIRD PARTY REPORT TO BSEE WHICH IDENTIFIED THIS LEAK. WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM BSEE AND FLEW TO THE LOCATION TO VERIFY COORDINATES AND ON-SCENE CONDITIONS. AFTER REMAPPING THE AREA AND IDENTIFYING THE LEAK ON THE KINETICA 509A-1100 THE PRODUCER WAS ASKED TO SHUT IN PRODUCTION. THIS PIPELINE WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO SERVICE AS AN ADDITIONAL LEAK WAS IDENTIFIED ON 10/16/14. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WAS CREATED TO CORRECT THE SMYS, PER OUR PIPELINE ENGINEER RICHARD SACCO, PE. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL WAS CREATED IN ORDER TO MARK FINAL, AT THE REQUEST OF THE PHMSA ENGINEER.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — INTERNAL.
PHMSA indexed costs: $278,357 reported total cost, $146,471.017 in 1984 dollars, $336,489.729 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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