LEGACY RESOURCES CO LP

gas_transmission Incident —

Incident Information

Report Date
OperatorLEGACY RESOURCES CO LP
Commodity—
Pipeline Typegas_transmission

Location

State
Coordinates30.28689, 88.06815

Cause

CauseOTHER INCIDENT CAUSE
Subcause—

Casualties

Fatalities0
Injuries0

Costs

Property Damage
Lost Commodity
Public/Private Damage
Emergency Response
Environmental Remediation
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Incident Narrative

AN UNKNOWN VESSEL RAN OVER THE STRUCTURAL PLATFORM AND WELL. THE ACTUATOR AND STEM ON THE UPPERMASTER TREE VALVE WAS SHEARED OFF AND COULD NOT CLOSE. GAS WAS BUBBLING OUT OF THE UPPERMASTER. DIVERS WERE DISPATCHED AND FOUND THAT THE STEM OF THE MANUAL LOWER MASTER VALVE WAS ALSO BENT BY THE UNKNOWN VESSEL. DIVERS WERE ABLE TO RELIEVE CONTROL PRESSURE TO THE SCSSV AND IT CLOSED, STOPPING THE LEAK. DIVERS REMOVED ALL VALVES ABOVE LOWER MASTER VALVEAND INSTALLED A NEW VALVE AND CLOSED IT. THE WELL HAS BEEN PLUGGED AND ABANDONED, THE STUCTURE IS BEING CLEARED AND FLOWLINES ABANDONED. NO SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED.

About This Pipeline Incident

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