TEXAS GAS TRANSMISSION, LLC — Gas transmission and gathering — incident on 2014-02-13

Current as of 2014-02-13 Government source

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationOfficial agency material

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Gas transmission and gathering incident in GREENVILLE, WASHINGTON County, MS. Reported cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 3501 NATURAL GAS released, $46,000 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: 20140028.

Operator ID: 19270.

Reported incident date: 2/13/2014 4:40.

Location detail: 79.57

Cause detail: DESIGN-, CONSTRUCTION-, INSTALLATION-, OR FABRICATION-RELATED

Cause detail: LEAK RESULTED FROM A CRACK IN A WRINKLE BEND. CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE REPAIR WAS COMPLETED ON FEBRUARY 14, 2014 BUT THE LINE HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE DUE TO OTHER PLANNED WORK. 11-10-14 UPDATED FOR FINAL REPORT.

PHMSA trend classification: significant incident, not serious.

PHMSA standardized cause: MATERIAL FAILURE OF PIPE OR WELD — CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION OR FABRICATION-RELATED.

PHMSA indexed costs: $121,409 reported total cost, $75,322.478 in 1984 dollars, $121,933.929 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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