TARGA PIPELINE MID-CONTINENT WESTTEX LLC — Type R reporting-regulated gas gathering — incident on 2025-10-22

Type R reporting-regulated gas gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, MIDLAND County, TX. Reported cause: EXCAVATION DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 65.2 NATURAL GAS released, $6,332 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: 20250030.

Operator ID: 22465.

Reported incident date: 10/22/2025 11:59.

Cause detail: EXCAVATION DAMAGE BY THIRD PARTY

Cause detail: EXCAVATION ISSUE

Cause detail: EXCAVATOR DUG PRIOR TO VERIFYING MARKS BY TEST-HOLE (POTHOLE)

Cause detail: AT APPROXIMATELY 10 AM TARGA RECEIVED AN EMERGENCY 811 TICKET DUE TO A DAMAGED GAS LINE. OPERATION PERSONNEL IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED TO THE LOCATION OF THE LINE STRIKE. AFTER ARRIVING ON SITE OPERATORS VERIFIED THERE HAD BEEN A LINE STRIKE CAUSING GAS TO LEAK INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THE LINE WAS STRUCK BY A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR USING AN AUGER TO INSTALL ELECTRIC UTILITY POLES. ONCE THE LOCATION WAS VERIFIED OPERATORS IMMEDIATELY BEGAN THE PROCESS OF ISOLATING THE PIPELINE BY CLOSING MANUAL VALVES UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LINE. SHORTLY AFTER TARGA OPERATIONS ARRIVED ON SITE MIDLAND COUNTY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS ARRIVED AND CLOSED SOUTH COUNTY ROAD 1160 NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE LEAK SITE AS A PRECAUTION. THE WIND DIRECTION AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS FROM THE SOUTH EAST PUSHING GAS AWAY FROM THE ROAD AND HOUSING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE PIPELINE ISOLATION WAS COMPLETE AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PM. AT 1:20 PM THE PRESSURE ON THE PIPELINE WAS 0 PSI AND THE AREA WAS DEEMED SAFE. AT THIS TIME THE COUNTY ROAD WAS REOPENED AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS LEFT THE SITE. REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED AND THE LINE WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AT 7 PM. THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT WAS DUE TO 3RD PARTY CONTRACTOR NOT VERIFYING MARKS VIA POTHOLING OR CONTACTING TARGA SO THAT OPERATIONS PERSONNEL COULD BE ON SITE PRIOR TO EXCAVATION. TARGA HAS TAKEN VARIOUS ACTIONS IN AN ATTEMPT TO MITIGATE AND PREVENT THIS FROM RECURRING. A NON-COMPLIANCE REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION IN ORDER TO MAKE THE CONTRACTOR AWARE ALL TEXAS EXCAVATION LAWS AND CODES MUST BE FOLLOWED. ADDITIONALLY TARGA WILL BE POTHOLING AND VERIFYING ALL POTHOLES PRIOR TO ANY WORK RECOMMENCING. PIKE ELECTRIC WAS SUBCONTRACTED BY ONCOR TO COMPLETE THE POWER POLE INSTALLATION. TARGA HAS CONTACTED ONCOR AS WELL TO BRING FURTHER AWARENESS TO PIKE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING EXCAVATION LAWS AND SAFE PRACTICES.