CROSSTEX LIG, LLC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2012-08-04

Gas transmission and gathering incident in NAPOLEONVILLE, ASSUMPTION County, LA. Reported cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 0 released, $25,000,000 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: 20120088.

Operator ID: 32005.

Reported incident date: 8/4/2012 16:31.

Cause detail: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE

Cause detail: ON 8-3-12 GAS CONTROL RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT A SINK HOLE HAD FORMED NEAR CROSSTEX'S 36" PIPELINE AT BAYOU CORNE. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SINK HOLE WAS 150 FT FROM CROSSTEX'S FACILITY. AT THIS TIME THE SINK HOLE WAS MONITORED AND NO CHANGES TO THE CROSSTEX FACILITY WERE MADE AND NO ABNORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS WERE NOTICED. OPERATIONS CONTINUED NORMALLY. ON 8-4-12 CROSSTEX WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE SINK HOLE HAD EXPANDED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CROSSTEX FACILITY AND AT 3:56PM DECISION WAS MADE TO BLOW DOWN THE FACILITY. ON 8-5-12 LINE PRESSURE WAS DOWN TO ZERO AND THE LINE DECLARED OUT OF SERVICE. THE CROSSTEX FACILITY REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL ASSESSMENT OF THIRD PARTY STORAGE CAVERN IS COMPLETE. CROSSTEX BUILT A 5 MILE LOOP AROUND THE SINK HOLE AREA AND ON MAY 21, 2014 AT 22:00 HRS THE PIPELINE WAS PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE. THE ORIGINAL SECTION OF LINE WAS ABANDONED IN PLACE.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE — OTHER OUTSIDE FORCE DAMAGE.

PHMSA indexed costs: $25,059,800 reported total cost, $13,217,438.689 in 1984 dollars, $32,488,817.125 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.