# TRUNKLINE GAS CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2002-08-21

- **operation:** document
- **citation:** PHMSA Report 20020073
- **title:** TRUNKLINE GAS CO — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2002-08-21
- **source type:** incident
- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2002-09-16
- **effective on:** 2002-08-21
- **summary:** Gas transmission and gathering incident. Reported cause: 2. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $137,100 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: significant incident, not serious.
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Gas transmission and gathering incident. Reported cause: 2. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, $137,100 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: 20020073.

Operator ID: 19730.

Reported incident date: 8/21/2002.

Cause detail: CORROSION, INTERNAL

Cause detail: BUBBLES ON THE SURFACE WERE OBSERVED BY THE PLATFORM OPERATOR AND REPORTED TO TRUNKLINE. LATERAL SUPPLIES FUEL GAS TO THE PLATFORM AND OPERATES UNDER LOW FLOW CONDITIONS.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: CORROSION — INTERNAL.

PHMSA indexed costs: $137,100 reported total cost, $89,102.474 in 1984 dollars, $219,230.708 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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