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PHMSA Report 20130106
ENBRIDGE OFFSHORE (GAS TRANSMISSION) LLC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2011-12-29
Current as of 2011-12-29 Government source
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Gas transmission and gathering incident. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 80 NATURAL GAS released, $196,327 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: 20130106.
Operator ID: 18646.
Reported incident date: 12/29/2011 11:55.
Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION
Cause detail: A REPAIR ON THE PIPELINE WAS COMPLETED BY INSTALLING A CLAMP ON THE LILNE. WHILE THE PIPE WAS BEING PRESSURED UP TO TEST THE CLAMP, A NEW LEAK WAS DETECTED ABOUT 2000 FEET FROM THE REPAIR. THE PIPELINE WAS SHUT DOWN UNTIL A DECISION CAN BE MADE ON A PLAN FORWARD.
PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — INTERNAL.
PHMSA indexed costs: $298,327 reported total cost, $176,863.901 in 1984 dollars, $347,192.137 in current-year dollars.
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