CENTERPOINT ENERGY GAS TRANSMISSION — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2012-11-05

Current as of 2012-11-05 Government source

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationOfficial agency material

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Gas transmission and gathering incident in LETONA, WHITE County, AR. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 4266 NATURAL GAS released, $0 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: 20120114.

Operator ID: 602.

Reported incident date: 11/5/2012 14:06.

Location detail: SEARCY COMP

Cause detail: THREADED CONNECTION/COUPLING FAILURE

Cause detail: VIBRATION BROKE A NIPPLE ON TOP OF THE RELIEF VALVE AND CAUSED THE RELIEF TO GO OFF. RELIEF VALVE MOVED OFF OF COMPRESSOR SKID TO REMIDIATE THE ISSUE.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

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

PHMSA indexed costs: $14,069 reported total cost, $11,748.953 in 1984 dollars, $14,425.93 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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