# GULF SOUTH PIPELINE COMPANY, LP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2016-08-09

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- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20160068
- **title:** GULF SOUTH PIPELINE COMPANY, LP — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2016-08-09
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2016-08-25
- **effective on:** 2016-08-09
- **summary:** Gas transmission and gathering incident in FLOWOOD, RANKIN County, MS. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 15307 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. PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
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Gas transmission and gathering incident in FLOWOOD, RANKIN County, MS. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 15307 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: 20160068.

Operator ID: 31728.

Reported incident date: 8/9/2016 20:57.

Location detail: 12566+40

Cause detail: MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT

Cause detail: HIGH FLOW RATE FROM STORAGE FIELD WITHDRAW PACKED PIPELINE CAUSING PRESSURE INCREASE THAT TRIPPED TWO OPP VALVES. MAOP WAS NOT EXCEEDED. RELIEF VALVES WERE RESET TO STOP VENTING GAS. 5-16-18 REVISED BASED ON PHMSA INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDING CHANGING PART G - APPARENT CAUSE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE AND ANSWERING SUBSEQUENT QUESTIONS.

PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE — MALFUNCTION OF CONTROL/RELIEF EQUIPMENT.

PHMSA indexed costs: $42,806 reported total cost, $44,917.232 in 1984 dollars, $55,864.229 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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