GENESIS OFFSHORE HOLDINGS, LLC

gas_transmission Incident —

Incident Information

Report Date
OperatorGENESIS OFFSHORE HOLDINGS, LLC
Commodity—
Pipeline Typegas_transmission

Location

State
Coordinates28.09741, -93.50214

Cause

CauseNATURAL FORCE DAMAGE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage
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Emergency Response
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Incident Narrative

HURRICANE DELTA PASSED THROUGH THE HIGH ISLAND AREA OF THE GOM BETWEEN 10/8 AND 10/10. GENESIS OFFSHORE FACILITIES WERE EVACUATED ON 10/6, PRIOR TO THE PASSING OF THE HURRICANE. SCADA ALSO SHOWS THAT COMMUNICATIONS WERE LOST TO HI 330 ON 10/6. ON 10/11 A PATROL HELICOPTER WAS SENT TO PATROL THE AREA FOR STATUS IDENTIFICATION. AT 1:00PM THE OFFSHORE PIPELINE MANAGER FOR HIOS RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM HI 264 THAT THE PLATFORM ON HI 330A WAS NOT VISIBLE ABOVE THE WATER SURFACE. WHAT REMAINS OF THE STRUCTURE IS THE FOUR LEGS AT VARYING HEIGHTS ABOVE THE WATER SURFACE. NRC CALL WAS MADE AND THE COMPANY HAS WORKED WITH SEVERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING BSEE, PHMSA, AND USCG IN THE DISSEMINATION OF INVESTIGATION DATA. THE DOT ASSETS THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THIS INCIDENT IS A 24"" NATURAL GAS PIPELINE FROM HI 370 TO HI 330 AND A 30"" HI 330 TO HI 343. THIS REPORT INCLUDES THE PIPE INFORMATION FOR THE 30"" HI 330 TO HI 343. BOTH PIPELINES WERE SEVERED ABOVE THE WATER SURFACE. PART A, QUESTION 7: FOR CLARIFICATION THE HIOS 30"" HAS A NATURAL GAS VOLUME LOST OF 19,054 MCF AND THE HIOS 24"" HAS A NATURAL GAS VOLUME LOST OF 6,792 MCF. THE VOLUME ENTERED IN THIS QUESTION IS THE SUM OF THE VOLUME LOST IN BOTH PIPELINES. PART D, QUESTION 7: DUE TO THE MAGNITUDE OF THE ASSETS LOST, GENESIS IS STILL CALCULATING THE COST OF DAMAGE. SUPPLEMENTAL (2/24/2021): DUE TO THE AFFECTS OF THE HIOS ASSETS (HIA330M PLATFORM/24"" PIPELINE/30"" PIPELINE) CAUSED BY HURRICANE DELTA, ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED ASSETS WILL NOT BE RE-BUILT NOR RETURNED TO SERVICE. ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS WERE INCURRED ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO AND THOSE ASSOCIATED COSTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. A VERY HIGH LEVEL ESTIMATE IN TODAY'S NUMBERS COULD BE AS MUCH AS 100 MILLION PLUS DOLLARS.

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