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PHMSA Report 20030040
TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2003-04-02
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in GULF MEXICO, LA. Reported cause: 2. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $187,311 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: 20030040.
Operator ID: 19160.
Reported incident date: 4/2/2003.
Cause detail: CORROSION, INTERNAL
Cause detail: THE LEAK OCCURRED ON TGP LINE 509A-400, NEAR MP 509A-401 + 1.00, IN EAST CAMERON BLOCK 271, GULF OF MEXICO. THE LEAK WAS DUE TO INTERNAL CORROSION. THE LEAK WAS REPAIRED BY INSTALLING A 16" PLIDCO REPAIR CLAMP.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — INTERNAL.
PHMSA indexed costs: $187,311 reported total cost, $119,468.817 in 1984 dollars, $292,288.053 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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