ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-10-06

Gas transmission and gathering incident in NEAR CHICO, WISE County, TX. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 35648 NATURAL GAS released, $35,000 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: 20140110.

Operator ID: 32099.

Reported incident date: 10/6/2014 16:58.

Location detail: 19+99

Cause detail: EXTERNAL CORROSION

Cause detail: ON OCTOBER 6, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:58 PM ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY (ETC) CONFIRMED A RELEASE ON THE WISE JACK COUNTY EXTENSION, 8" IN WISE COUNTY, NEAR CHICO, TEXAS. THE PIPELINE IS AN INTRASTATE NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE LOCATED IN A RURAL AREA (CLASS 1), UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION (SYSTEM ID# 630262). THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE TRRC AND ALSO TO THE NRC UNDER ID: 1097551. THERE WERE NO FATALITIES, INJURIES, EVACUATIONS, ROAD CLOSURES, EXPLOSIONS, FIRE, MEDIA INTEREST, SPILLS OR ANY RESPONSE BY AN EMERGENCY OFFICIAL. THE NEAREST STRUCTURE INTENDED FOR HUMAN OCCUPANCY IS 0.25 MILES FROM THE INCIDENT SITE. AT 3:31 PM, ETC GAS CONTROL RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM A TARGA- CHICO PLANT EMPLOYEE THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE LINE RUPTURE SOUTH OF THEIR FACILITY. PRESSURE INDICATED A LEAK AND UPSTREAM TARGA AUTOMATIC VALVE WAS CLOSED AT 3:40 PM. AT 4:22 PM, ETC BVS15 WAS CLOSED DOWNSTREAM. THIS ISOLATED THE SITE OF THE POSSIBLE RUPTURE TO ALLOW FURTHER EVALUATION. AT 4:58 PM, ETC EMPLOYEES ARRIVED ON SCENE OF THE RUPTURE AND CONFIRMED THAT THE LEAK WAS ON THE CHICO 8" PIPELINE AND WAS DEPRESSURIZED. THE SCENE WAS SECURED UNTIL REPAIRS COULD BE MADE. THE PIPELINE WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE SECTION OF PIPE THAT WAS AFFECTED AND PLACED BACK IN SERVICE ON 10/9/14 AT 10:50 AM. UPDATE: 02/02/2015: ALL DAMAGES WERE LIMITED TO LOSS OF GAS AND PIPE REPLACEMENT. ESTIMATED COST NOTED DURING INITIAL REPORT REMAIN ACCURATE.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — EXTERNAL.

PHMSA indexed costs: $179,385 reported total cost, $117,456.325 in 1984 dollars, $166,775.488 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.