PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2013-11-28

Gas transmission and gathering incident in HUGHESVILLE, PETTIS County, MO. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 150000 NATURAL GAS released, $929,500 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: 20130120.

Operator ID: 15105.

Reported incident date: 11/28/2013 23:57.

Location detail: 250+21

Cause detail: EXTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: THIS SUPPLEMENTAL/FINAL REPORT DATED 05/09/14, IS BEING SUBMITTED TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO PART D.7D, THE COSTS FOR THE METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS. ON 11/28/13 AT 11:57 P.M. THE PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE COMPANY 30-INCH HOUSTONIA 400 LINE EXPERIENCED AND IN-SERVICE RELEASE WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY IGNITED IN PETTIS COUNTY, MISSOURI JUST NORTH OF THE RURAL COMMUNITY OF HUGHESVILLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES; HOWEVER, THERE WERE EVACUATIONS OF LOCAL RESIDENTS AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. THE RELEASE OCCURRED IN A RURAL AREA AND WITHIN A CULTIVATED FIELD. THE PIPE SEGMENT INVOLVED DOES NOT CONTAIN AN HCA. THE INCIDENT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED BY A PEPL COMPANY EMPLOYEE WHO WAS AT A RESIDENCE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SITE AND HE CALLED THE OPERATIONS MANAGER FOR THE LOCATION. THE PRESSURE LOSS WAS ALSO ALARMED IN THE GAS CONTROL CENTER. THE PRESSURE AT THE TIME OF THE RELEASE WAS 894 PSIG AT THE HOUSTONIA COMPRESSOR STATION; THE MAOP OF THIS SEGMENT IS 900 PSIG. THE REPORT BY THE PEPL COMPANY EMPLOYEE AND GAS CONTROL ALARMS SET IN MOTION A RESPONSE BY LOCAL EMPLOYEES WHICH HAD THE AFFECTED SEGMENT ISOLATED ON THE UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM SIDES BY 1:25 A.M. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE FIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE EVENT AND ASSISTED WITH EVACUATIONS, SECURING THE INCIDENT SITE, AND CONTROLLING GROUND FIRES.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — EXTERNAL.

PHMSA indexed costs: $2,005,775 reported total cost, $1,196,408.486 in 1984 dollars, $2,402,649.602 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.