PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-12-28

Gas transmission and gathering incident in DEFIANCE, DEFIANCE County, OH. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 21402.5 NATURAL GAS released, $85,500 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: 20160007.

Operator ID: 15105.

Reported incident date: 12/28/2015 22:20.

Location detail: 24.67

Cause detail: THREADED CONNECTION/COUPLING FAILURE

Cause detail: ON DECEMBER 28, 2015, THE PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE COMPANY 22-INCH EDGERTON 100 LINE EXPERIENCED AN UNINTENTIONAL IN-SERVICE RELEASE. THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION WAS 18736 SWITZER ROAD, IN DEFIANCE COUNTY, NEAR DEFIANCE OHIO. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, LOCAL OPERATIONS CONFIRMED THAT 25 HOMES WERE EVACUATED WITH A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 50 PEOPLE. A ROOT CAUSE FAILURE ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL/FINAL REPORT UPDATES PART D - 7.D - ESTIMATED OTHER COSTS AND PART G - G6 - EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BASED ON THE ROOT CAUSE FAILURE ANALYSIS.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — THREADED CONNECTION/COUPLING FAILURE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $235,975 reported total cost, $149,223.524 in 1984 dollars, $284,508.855 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.