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PHMSA Report 20030060
NORTHWEST PIPELINE CORP (WGP) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2003-05-29
Current as of 2003-05-29 Government source
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in SKAMANIA County, WA. Reported cause: 17. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $180,872 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: 20030060.
Operator ID: 13845.
Reported incident date: 5/29/2003.
Cause detail: BUTT WELD
Cause detail: WHILE CONDUCTING A FLAME PACK SURVEY ALONG THE 26" PIPELINE A SUSPECTED LEAK WAS FOUND. AFTER EXCAVATION AND INSPECTION THE LEAK WAS FOUND TO BE A PIN HOLE LEAK IN THE TOP OF THE GIRTH WELD AT 12:00 POSITION. PIPELINE WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AND REPAIRED. REPAIR WAS MADE BY INSTALLING 95" PUP.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — BUTT WELD.
PHMSA indexed costs: $180,872 reported total cost, $116,067.89 in 1984 dollars, $268,436.76 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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