Injuries

No injuries or interruptions of service resulted from a rupture of Tennessee Gas Pipeline in rural Clark County, KY shortly after noon July 22, a spokesman said.

No injuries or interruptions of service resulted from a rupture of Tennessee Gas Pipeline in rural Clark County, KY shortly after noon Saturday, a spokesman said.

There were no injuries or fire when a rupture occurred early Thursday morning on Tennessee’s 30-inch diameter line near the town of Halfway in Allen County, KY, about 70 miles north of Nashville, TN. Up to 200 residents in the area were evacuated temporarily but had returned to their homes shortly after daybreak Thursday, a pipeline spokesman said. The affected section was closed off quickly, and no services were interrupted, he added.

A portion of Williams Cos.’ Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line system in Montgomery County, TX, near Houston exploded on Wednesday, but the fire, which caused no injuries, burned itself out after about four hours.

Serious incidents involving fatalities or injuries accounted for just under 40% of the 1,570 accidents on the natural gas distribution system between 1990 and 2002, according to the preliminary findings of an American Gas Foundation-commissioned report.

Serious incidents involving fatalities or injuries accounted for just under 40% of the 1,570 accidents on the natural gas distribution system between 1990 and 2002, according to the preliminary findings of an American Gas Foundation-commissioned report.

No injuries or fire resulted from a rupture Sunday evening onone of El Paso’s two 24-inch pipes (Line 1201) in the San JuanTriangle south of the pipeline’s San Juan River Mainline Station.The ruptured line was isolated and the other one remained inservice. Monday’s throughput impact was estimated at 50-75 MMcf/d(about 3% of Triangle capacity); no scheduling increases were beingallowed for Cycles 3 and 4 of the gas day. El Paso expected tocomplete repairs Monday night and that Triangle capacity would beback to normal today.

Northwest Pipeline experienced a leak Tuesday afternoon on itsVancouver (WA) Lateral. There were no injuries. Preliminaryinvestigation indicates third-party damage, the pipeline said.Service was disrupted to direct industrial customer Vanalco and toindustrial customers of LDC Northwest Natural Gas in the area untilbeing restored at 11:24 p.m. PST Tuesday.