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PHMSA Report 20120037
TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE CO (EL PASO) — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2012-03-23
Current as of 2012-03-23 Government source
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Gas transmission and gathering incident. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 413 NATURAL GAS released, $1,114,825 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: 20120037.
Operator ID: 19160.
Reported incident date: 3/23/2012 15:45.
Cause detail: DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED
Cause detail: ANR PIPELINE COMPANY PERSONNEL NOTIFIED TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE (TGP) PERSONNEL OF A SHEEN MEASURING 3 MILES LONG AND 1/4 MILE WIDE IN THE VICINITY OF TGP'S 24" 523M-3700 PIPELINE ON THE OCS IN EUGENE ISLAND BLOCK 241. TGP INVESTIGATED AND OBSERVED THE SHEEN WITH BUBBLES. DISPATCHED DIVERS DETERMINED THAT TGP'S LINE WAS LEAKING THROUGH A PINHOLE IN A GIRTH WELD. THE LEAK WAS REPAIRED BY INSTALLING A CLAMP AND THE PIPELINE WAS PLACED BACK INTO SERVICE. YEAR OF PIPE MANUFACTURE IS ASSUMED TO BE COMMENSURATE WITH YEAR OF INSTALLATION
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION OR FABRICATION-RELATED.
PHMSA indexed costs: $1,175,611 reported total cost, $622,520.664 in 1984 dollars, $1,521,954.148 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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