List of pipeline accidents in the United States in 2024

Last updated May 10, 2024

The following is a list of pipeline accidents in the United States in 2024. It is one of several lists of U.S. pipeline accidents. See also list of natural gas and oil production accidents in the United States.

Incidents

This is not a complete list of all pipeline accidents. For natural gas alone, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), a United States Department of Transportation agency, has collected data on more than 3,200 accidents deemed serious or significant since 1987.

A "significant incident" results in any of the following consequences:

fatality or injury requiring in-patient hospitalization
$50,000 or more in total costs, measured in 1984 dollars
liquid releases of five or more barrels (42 US gal/barrel)
releases resulting in an unintentional fire or explosion

PHMSA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) post incident data, and results of investigations, into accidents involving pipelines that carry a variety of products, including natural gas, oil, diesel fuel, gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, carbon dioxide, and other substances. Occasionally pipelines are repurposed to carry different products.^[1]

On January 30, a pipe burst in western Oklahoma near 9:15 P.M. Multiple firefighters attempted to extinguish the blaze.^[2]

On February 3, a Tennessee Gas Pipeline natural gas pipeline failed in near Sardis, a town in Panola County, Mississippi. A failed wrinkle bend is suspected to be the cause of the release. The Failure occurred on the same line and in the same general area as a November 21, 2011, failure that also stemmed from a wrinkle bend failure. There were no injuries or fire.^[3]

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References

↑ "Pipeline Incident Flagged Files | PHMSA". Phmsa.dot.gov. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
↑ https://www.live5news.com/2024/01/31/officials-investigating-cause-gas-pipeline-explosion/
↑ https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/22024009CAO
↑ https://www.enr.com/articles/58079-gas-pipeline-explodes-in-rural-oklahoma-with-damage-but-no-injury#:~:text=However%2C%20the%20working%20theory%20is,66%20employee%2C%20who%20spoke%20anonymously

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[1] "Pipeline Incident Flagged Files | PHMSA". Phmsa.dot.gov. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.

[2] ttps://www.live5news.com/2024/01/31/officials-investigating-cause-gas-pipeline-explosion/

[3] ttps://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data/case/22024009CAO

[4] ttps://www.enr.com/articles/58079-gas-pipeline-explodes-in-rural-oklahoma-with-damage-but-no-injury#:~:text=However%2C%20the%20working%20theory%20is,66%20employee%2C%20who%20spoke%20anonymously

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