Explosion

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Thursday initial test results of water samples taken from 11 households in the Carter Road/Meshoppen Creek Road area of Dimock Township, PA, do not indicate any levels of contamination from natural gas drilling.

Unless an accord was reached over the weekend, the initial multi-district litigation (MDL) trial centering on the Macondo well explosion in April 2010 is scheduled to begin Monday in New Orleans. Sources said late last week the defendants were attempting to come to terms with lawyers representing thousands of plaintiffs.

BP plc is discussing a $14 billion accord with plaintiffs who sued the company and its partners over the Macondo well explosion, sources told NGI on Monday.

As part of one of the four active state proceedings dealing with the aftermath of the San Bruno natural gas pipeline explosion, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) now faces an additional $3 million fine based on a settlement agreement that has been recommended by an administrative law judge (ALJ) at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).

Ahead of a California Superior Court hearing Friday, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) on Tuesday publicly said it was liable for the natural gas transmission pipeline explosion last year and will compensate all of the victims of an incident that has rocked the North America pipeline sector.

An investigation is ongoing into the Wednesday morning rupture and explosion on a segment of Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) in southeastern Ohio, but girth weld failure is suspected. The same Line 200-4 pipeline experienced such a failure earlier this year, as did the similar Line 200-1 pipeline.

An investigation is ongoing into a rupture and explosion that occurred last week on a segment of Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) in southeastern Ohio, but weld failure is suspected. The same Line 200-4 pipeline experienced a similar failure earlier this year, as did the Line 200-1 pipeline.

Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) experienced a rupture and explosion at about 8:45 a.m. EST Wednesday in a rural part of southeastern Ohio. One person was treated for respiratory symptoms and two structures were damaged.

A year after the gas transmission pipeline explosion in San Bruno, CA, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) operations are “still not where they need to be,” and another $200 million for operating expenses next year is needed to help right the ship, PG&E Corp. CEO Tony Earley told financial analysts Thursday.