List of pipeline accidents

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The following is a list of pipeline accidents:

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

Contents 1 Belgium 2 Nigeria 3 Russia 4 United States 5 References

[edit] Belgium

• 2004: A major natural gas pipeline exploded in Ghislenghien, Belgium near Ath (thirty kilometres southwest of Brussels), killing at least 23 people and leaving 122 wounded, some critically on July 30, 2004.

[edit] Nigeria

• 1998: At Jesse, Nigeria in the Niger Delta in Nigeria, a petroleum pipeline exploded killing about 1200 villagers, some of whom were scavenging gasoline. The worst of several similar incidents in this country.^[1] (October 17, 1998)
• 2000: Another pipeline explosion near the town of Jesse killed about 250 villagers.^[1] (July 10, 2000)
• 2000: At least 100 villagers died when a ruptured pipeline exploded in Warri.^[1] (July 16, 2000)
• 2000: A leaking pipeline caught fire near the fishing village of Ebute near Lagos, killing at least 60 people.^[1] (November 30, 2000)
• 2003: A pipeline punctured by thieves exploded and killed 125 villagers near Umuahia, Abia State.^[1] (June 19, 2003)
• 2004: A pipeline punctured by thieves exploded and killed dozens of people in Lagos State.^[1] (September 17, 2004)
• 2006: An oil pipeline punctured by thieves exploded and killed 150 people at the Atlas Creek Island in Lagos State.^[2] (May 12, 2006)
• 2006: A vandalised oil pipeline exploded in Lagos, Nigeria. Up to 500 people may have been killed.^[3] (December 26, 2006)
• 2008: 2008 Ijegun pipeline explosion (May 16)

[edit] Russia

• 1989: Sparks from two passing trains detonated gas leaking from an LPG pipeline near Ufa, Russia. Up to 645 people were reported killed on June 4, 1989.

[edit] United States

• 1965: Gas Transmission Pipeline. North of Natchitoches, Louisiana. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company explodes from stress corrosion cracking, killing 17 people. This accident lead to then President Johnson to call for the formation of a national pipeline safety agency. (March 4, 1965)
• 1968: Ruptured LPG Pipeline. Near Yutan, Nebraska. Repair crews responded to a pipeline rupture, thought vapors were dispersed, but ignited the vapor cloud by driving into it. 5 Repairmen were killed. (December 5, 1968)
• 1969: Low Pressure Natural Gas Distribution System, Gary, Indiana. (June 3, 1969)
• 1969: High Pressure Natural Gas Pipeline, near Houston, Texas, September 9, 1969.
• 1970: Colonial Pipeline Company, Petroleum Products Pipeline, Jacksonville, Maryland, (September 3, 1970.
• 1970: Propane Gas Pipeline rupture. Phillips Pipeline Company propane gas explosion, Franklin County, Missouri. Leak lead to propane cloud explosion with a force of several tons of TNT. (December 9, 1970)
• 1972: Rupture of Propane Pipeline, near Butler, Alabama. A road grader being used hit a high pressure propane pipeline. A while after the line was ruptured, a car drove into the vapor cloud, igniting it, and killing 4 people. (June 20, 1972)
• 1973: Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline rupture. Austin, Texas A Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) pipeline ruptured due to an improper weld. 6 people killed. (February 22, 1973)
• 1975: NGL Pipeline rupture. An NGL pipeline ruptured due to previous mechanical damage at Devers, Texas. 4 killed in vapor cloud fire. (May 12, 1975)
• 1976: LPG Pipeline rupture. An LPG line ruptured near Romulus, Michigan, due to previous mechanical damage to the pipeline and overpressurization from operator error at a storage facility. 9 people were injured in the vapor cloud fire. (August 2, 1975)
• 1977 LPG Pipeline rupture. A LPG pipeline ruptured near Ruff Creek, Pennsylvania from stress corrosion cracking. The resulting propane vapor cloud ignited when a truck driven into the cloud stalled, then created a spark when it was restarted. (July 20, 1977)
• 1978 LPG Pipeline rupture. An LPG pipeline at Donnellson, Iowa ruptured from past mechanical damage and improped lower for road improvements. The vapor cloud ignited several minutes after the rupture. 3 people were killed. (August 4, 1978)
• 1989 Pipeline failure after the San Bernardino train disaster, California.
• 1989 New York City Con Edison Steam Pipe explosion, rupture 3 are killed in the 3rd ave- Grammercy Park area.
• 1994 Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion and Fire Edison, New Jersey on March 23, 1994.
• 1997 Pipeline Rupture and Fire, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 21, 1997.
• 1998 Natural Gas Explosion and Fire, South Riding, Virginia, July 7, 1998.
• 1998 Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture and Subsequent Explosion, St. Cloud, Minnesota, December 11, 1998.
• 1999 Natural Gas Explosion and Fire at a gas pressure station, Wytheville, Virginia, destroying a home and motorcycle store.^[4] (January 3, 1999)
• 1999 Natural Gas Service Line and Rupture and Subsequent Explosion and Fire, Bridgeport, Alabama, January 22, 1999
• 1999 A pipeline in a Bellingham, Washington park leaked gasoline, vapor from leak exploded and killed 2 children and an 18 year old young man on June 10, 1999.
• 2000 Hazardous Liquid Pipe Failure and Leak, Explorer Pipeline Company, Greenville, Texas, March 9, 2000.
• 2000 Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture and Fire Near Carlsbad, New Mexico This Explosion Killed 12 Members Of The Same Family. Cause was due to severe internal corrosion of the pipeline. (August 19, 2000)
• 2000 Rupture of Piney Point Oil Pipeline and Release of Fuel Oil Near Chalk Point, Maryland, April 7, 2000.
• 2002 Rupture of Enbridge Pipeline and Release of Crude Oil near Cohasset, Minnesota, July 4, 2002.
• 2003 Excavation Damage to Natural Gas Distribution Line Resulting in Explosion and Fire, Wilmington, Delaware, July 2, 2003.
• 2007 2007 New York City steam explosion, on July 18, 2007
• 2007 Natural gas pipeline explodes killing two and injuring five others near Melvin, AL on November 1, 2007.
• 2008 Natural gas pipeline explodes and catches fire on February 5, near Hartsville, TN Believed to have been caused by a tornado hitting the facility.

[edit] References