PHMSA Report 19980196
PHMSA Report 19980196
Gas transmission and gathering incident in VERMILION, LA. Reported cause: CORROSION. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $98,400 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: 19980196.
Operator ID: 405.
Reported incident date: 19980828.
Location detail: INTERNALLY
Location detail: LOCALIZED PITTING
Cause detail: A PINHOLE LEAK AT 5 O'CLOCK POSITION CONSISTENT WITH INTERNAL CORROSION.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — INTERNAL.
PHMSA indexed costs: $98,400 reported total cost, $68,727.331 in 1984 dollars, $169,254.263 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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