{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA Report 20150142","title":"TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION LP (SPECTRA ENERGY CORP) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2015-11-03","source_type":"incident","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"historical","official":true,"published_on":"2015-12-02","effective_on":"2015-11-03","summary":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, POLK County, TX. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1 NATURAL GAS released, $122,000 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: significant incident, not serious.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-b296e87fecac5d1a41bbcf39.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-b296e87fecac5d1a41bbcf39.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-incident-b296e87fecac5d1a41bbcf39","source_url":"https://data.transportation.gov/api/views/27nc-rsge/files/2b05c2d8-d14a-4c56-ac1c-7d23a4bc31c8?download=true&filename=Gas%20Transmission%20%26%20Gathering%20Incident%20Data%20-%20January%202010%20to%20present.zip","body":"Gas transmission and gathering incident in Not Within a Municipality, POLK County, TX. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1 NATURAL GAS released, $122,000 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.\n\nReport number: 20150142.\n\nOperator ID: 19235.\n\nReported incident date: 11/3/2015 9:30.\n\nLocation detail: 144.0\n\nCause detail: DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED\n\nCause detail: COMPANY EMPLOYEES DISCOVERED A LEAK DUE TO A CRACK IN A GIRTH WELD NEAR THE 6 O'CLOCK POSITION ON TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION, LP 24-INCH LINE 11 NEAR ONALASKA, TEXAS AT 9:30 AM NOVEMBER 3, 2015. THE LEAK WAS THE RESULT OF A 4\" CRACK AT THE EDGE OF THE GIRTH WELD. THE CRACK WAS IN THE HEAT AFFECTED ZONE (HAZ) AT THE 6 O'CLOCK PIPE POSITION. PIPE CONTAINING LEAK WAS REPLACED AND LINE IS BACK IN SERVICE. METALLURGICAL TESTING INDICATED THAT THE CRACK WAS DUE TO HYDROGEN INDUCED CRACKING (HIC). SUPPLEMENTAL 3/17/2020 UPDATED PART G5-METALLURGICAL INVESTIGATION COMPLETE\n\nPHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.\n\nPHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION OR FABRICATION-RELATED.\n\nPHMSA indexed costs: $153,232 reported total cost, $90,162.602 in 1984 dollars, $186,282.58 in current-year dollars.\n\nPHMSA trend flags, standardized causes, and indexed costs are analytical fields added to operator-reported incident data. They do not represent final agency causal findings.","truncated":false,"body_characters":1660}