FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 1985-12-19

Gas transmission and gathering incident in STOCKTON, BALDWIN County, AL. Reported cause: OTHER. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $50,000 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: 19860013.

Operator ID: 5304.

Reported incident date: 19851219.

Cause detail: THIS BREAK OCCURED BETWEEN FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY'S MAINLINA VALVES 11-2 AND 11-3. VALVE 11-2 IS EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC OPERATOR WITH LINE BREAK CONTROLS. VALVE 11-2 CLOSED AUTOMATICALLY. VALVE 11-3 IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A POWER OPERATOR AND WAS CLOSED MANUALLY BY A F.G.T CO. EMPLOYEE FROM THE NEAREST PIPELINE WAREHOUSE AT JAY FLORIDA. THE GAS DIDNOT IGNITE AND VERY LITTLE DAMAGE WASDONE TO PROPERTY ADJACENT TO OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY. THE SURROUNDING AREA WAS REMOTE TIMBER LAND AND THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE WAS JUST SOIL BLOWN ONTO THE SURROUNDTREES. THE APPARENT CAUSE OF THE BREAK WAS STRESS CORROSION. A SAMPLE OF THE PIPE THAT RUPTURED WILL BE SENT TO A LABORATORY FOR ANALYSIS TO VERIFY THE CAUSE. THE PIPE WAS COATED AND HAS BEEN CATHODICALLY PROTECTED SINCE CONSTRUCTION.