ETP halts natural gas line, processing plant in South Texas after explosion
Power Transfer Partners has shut a pipe and gas handling plant after a surge Sunday evening on an area of the pipeline in a backwoods near the town of Cuero in South Texas, ETP stated.
The rupture occurred on a sector of a 42-inch-diameter gas gathering line that belongs to the Rich Eagle Ford Mainline system, which gathers gas created in the Eagle Ford Shale play and also delivers it to the Jackson Process Plant in Jackson Region, Texas, ETP spokeswoman Vicki Granado said in an e-mail.
The plant is currently down and the gas is being rerouted to various other processing plants in the location, she said.
The gathering system comprises concerning 260 miles of 42-inch-diameter as well as 30-inch-diameter pipeline and also can move over of 1 Bcf/d of gas, Granado said. silicone additives of pipe was integrated in 2012.
Granado stated the business does not have a price quote of the expense of the damage to the pipeline.
"There was some roadway damages at the site of the occurrence together with some damage to a number of utility posts and also a power line," she said.
The company began mobilizing very early Monday morning to start fixings on the line, yet as of 11 am CDT (1600 GMT) there was still a small regulated fire on the line in order to burn off residue gas, Granado claimed.
ETP has actually launched an examination right into the source of the occurrence.
A spokesperson for the DeWitt Region Constable's Department said the incident occurred in a backwoods of the town, regarding 90 miles southeast of San Antonio near Farm to Market Roadway 953. There were no injuries and also of the 7 houses evacuated, citizens of almost one house had actually been allowed to return since around 2:30 pm CDT Monday, the spokeswoman stated. The Texas Railway Compensation sent off an assessor to the scene Sunday evening, as well as the compensation will certainly be performing an investigation of the occurrence, stated TRC spokeswoman Ramona Nye.
A spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety And Security Board, which explores pipeline incidents, did not promptly return a call for remark.