Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline

Texas Eastern Pipeline (TETCo) is a major natural gas pipeline which brings gas from the Gulf of Mexico coast in Texas and Louisiana up through Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania to deliver gas in the New York City area. It is one of the largest pipeline systems in the United States. It is owned by Enbridge. Its FERC code is 17. ^[1]

This pipeline was built as Big Inch by War Emergency Pipelines (WEP), a consortium of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Texas Pipe Line Company, Cities Service, Socony-Vacuum Oil, Gulf Oil, Consolidated Oil, Shell Oil, Atlantic Refining, Tidewater Associated Oil, Sun Oil, and Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company.

Incidents

On June 10, 2021, there was a 20% pressure reduction on part of its 30-inch diameter system, precisely on lines 10 and 15 ^[2]

On May 5, 2020, there was an explosion on Line 10 of its system in Fleming County, Kentucky. There were no injuries reported. ^[3]

On August 1, 2019, a section of the pipeline in Lincoln County, Kentucky ruptured and exploded causing the death of one person and injuring five others. ^{[4] [5]}

On January 21, 2019, two people were injured, and two structures damaged, when a Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline line exploded and burned, in Noble County, Ohio ^[6]

On April 29, 2016, a 30-inch Texas Eastern/Spectra Energy pipeline exploded, injuring one man, destroying his home, and damaging several others. The incident was in Salem Township, Pennsylvania. The explosion was caused by corrosion so aggressive that it is challenging industry models for how quickly a small anomaly can grow. ^[7]

On November 2, 2003, a Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline natural gas pipeline exploded in Bath County, Kentucky, about 1.5 km south of a Duke Energy pumping station. A fire burned for about an hour before firefighters extinguished it. No one was injured and no property damage was reported. ^[8]

On March 23, 1994, during the Edison, New Jersey, natural gas explosion, a 36 inch diameter section of pipeline exploded, destroying numerous apartments nearby. ^{[9] [10]}

On February 21, 1986, near Lancaster, Kentucky, a 30-inch diameter Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline gas pipeline ruptured due to corrosion. Three people had serious burns, and five others had lesser injuries. External corrosion made worse by difficulties of cathodic protection in rocky soil was the cause. The pipe was manufactured in 1957. ^{[11] [12]}

On February 10, 1973, during a cleaning operation, a gas tank exploded in Bloomfield, Staten Island, killing 40 workers. ^[13]

References

1. "FERC: Natural Gas - Three Digit Pipeline Code List for Index of Customers (Form 549B)". Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 2013-01-20. Archived from the original on 2013-01-20.
2. "Natural gas, aumenta la pressione sui prezzi". materieprime.eu.
3. "Texas Eastern Gas Pipeline Explodes in Kentucky". pgjonline.com.
4. Ansari, Talal (August 1, 2019). "Gas Pipeline Explosion in Kentucky Kills at Least One" – via www.wsj.com.
5. Honeycutt Spears, Valarie; Musgrave, Beth (August 1, 2019). "Deadly blast is not first explosion for this gas pipeline or for Kentucky". Lexington Herald Leader . Retrieved 2021-05-01.
6. Reuters Staff (January 22, 2019). "Enbridge gas pipeline explosion causes fireball in Ohio" – via www.reuters.com.
7. "Corrosion discovered four years before Westmoreland County pipe blast". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
8. "Kentucky Pipeline Explosion Lawyer | Undefeated Pipeline Explosion Lawyer". Zehl & Associates. September 13, 2019.
9. Perez-Pena, Richard (1994-03-24). "Huge Gas Pipeline Explosion Rocks Northeast New Jersey". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-05-05.
10. "Addendum (Reconsideration Request) to: Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion and Fire, Edison, New Jersey March 23, 1994" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board . January 1, 1995.
11. "Natural Gas Pipeline Explodes, Injuring Three". AP NEWS.
12. "Pipeline Accident Report: Texas Eastern Gas Pipeline Company Ruptures and Fires at Beaumont, Kentucky on April 27, 1985 and Lancaster, Kentucky on February 21, 1986" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board . February 18, 1987. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
13. See:
    • Stille, Darlene R. (1974). "Disasters". The World Book Year Book 1974 . Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation. p.  292. ISBN   0-7166-0474-4. LCCN   62-4818.
    • van der Linde, Peter; Hintze, Naomi A. (1978). Time Bomb: LNG: The truth about our newest and most dangerous energy source. Garden City, New York: Doubleday. pp.  26–32. ISBN   0-385-12979-3. LCCN   77-76271.

External links

• Texas Eastern Transmission Spectra Energy Profile
• Pipeline Electronic Bulletin Board
• Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Operator Report and Incidents Report