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PHMSA Report 20120113
CENTERPOINT ENERGY GAS TRANSMISSION — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2012-10-30
Current as of 2012-10-30 Government source
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in LETONA, WHITE County, AR. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 4430 NATURAL GAS released, $0 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: 20120113.
Operator ID: 602.
Reported incident date: 10/30/2012 17:35.
Location detail: SEARCY COMP
Cause detail: THREADED CONNECTION/COUPLING FAILURE
Cause detail: VIBRATION BROKE A NIPPLE AND CAUSED THE RELIEF TO GO OFF. RELIEF MOVED OFF OF COMPRESSOR SKID TO REMEDIATE THE ISSUE.
PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — THREADED CONNECTION/COUPLING FAILURE.
PHMSA indexed costs: $14,974 reported total cost, $12,504.715 in 1984 dollars, $15,353.89 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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