TEXAS EASTERN TRANSMISSION LP (SPECTRA ENERGY CORP) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-05-16

Gas transmission and gathering incident in CARMICHAEL, GREENE County, PA. Reported cause: INCORRECT OPERATION. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 1 NATURAL GAS released, $180,137 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: 20140064.

Operator ID: 19235.

Reported incident date: 5/16/2014 11:15.

Location detail: 751.61

Cause detail: DAMAGE BY OPERATOR OR OPERATOR'S CONTRACTOR NOT RELATED TO EXCAVATION AND NOT DUE TO MOTORIZED VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT DAMAGE

Cause detail: A SPECTRA ENERGY WELDER WAS REMOVING A PORTION OF ROAD CASING ENCIRCLING THE 30-INCH CARRIER PIPE USING A HOT CUT METHOD WHEN A PIN HOLE LEAK OCCURRED DUE TO THE TORCH COMING IN CONTACT WITH TH CARRIER PIPE. NATURAL GAS WAS RELEASED THROUGH THE PIN HOLE.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: INCORRECT OPERATION — DAMAGE BY OPERATOR OR OPERATOR'S CONTRACTOR.

PHMSA indexed costs: $324,003 reported total cost, $189,765.381 in 1984 dollars, $349,821.183 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.