# OSPREY PETROLEUM CO INC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2003-04-20

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20030055
- **title:** OSPREY PETROLEUM CO INC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2003-04-20
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2003-05-19
- **effective on:** 2003-04-20
- **summary:** Gas transmission and gathering incident in CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES County, TX. Reported cause: 1. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $65,000 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. PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in CORPUS CHRISTI, NUECES County, TX. Reported cause: 1. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $65,000 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: 20030055.

Operator ID: 31651.

Reported incident date: 4/20/2003.

Cause detail: CORROSION, EXTERNAL

Cause detail: THE FAILURE OCCURRED BECAUSE OF IMPROPER COATING. THE PIPE WAS EXTERNALLY COATED EXCEPT FOR A BARE AREA 6" IN DIAMETER. THIS BARE AREA WAS EXPOSED TO EXTERNAL CONDITIONS WHICH, OVER TIME, REACTED WITH THE ALUMINUM. THE WALL THINNED, THEN EVENTUALLY FAILED.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — EXTERNAL.

PHMSA indexed costs: $65,000 reported total cost, $41,805.985 in 1984 dollars, $94,617.438 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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