PHMSA Report 20160029
PHMSA Report 20160029
Gas transmission and gathering incident in OAKDALE, ALLEN County, LA. Reported cause: CORROSION FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 2923 NATURAL GAS released, $68,000 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: 20160029.
Operator ID: 31728.
Reported incident date: 3/14/2016 9:55.
Location detail: 30
Cause detail: INTERNAL CORROSION
Cause detail: GULF SOUTH PIPELINE WAS NOTIFIED OF A LEAK ON ITS INDEX 202, IOWA-MARKSVILLE 6-4-3" LINE AT MP 30.84. THE SECTION WAS ISOLATED AND BLOWN DOWN AND NEW PIPE WAS INSTALLED.
PHMSA trend classification: not significant, not serious.
PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — INTERNAL.
PHMSA indexed costs: $76,104 reported total cost, $40,759.797 in 1984 dollars, $93,668.472 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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