About 2:12 a.m., central daylight time, on July 4, 2002, a 34-inch diameter steel pipeline owned and operated by Enbridge Pipelines, LLC ruptured in a marsh west of Cohasset, Minnesota. Approximately 6,000 barrels (252,000 gallons) of crude oil were released from the pipeline as a result of the rupture. The cost of the accident was reported to the Research and Special Programs Administration Office of Pipeline Safety to be approximately $5.6 million. No deaths or injuries resulted from the release. The safety issues identified in this accident are the effectiveness and application of line pipe transportation standards and the adequacy of Federal requirements for pipeline integrity management programs. As a result of its investigation of this accident, the Safety Board issues safety recommendations to the Research and Special Programs Administration, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Petroleum Institute.
National Transportation Safety Board Pipeline Accident Report: Rupture of Enbridge Pipeline and Release of Crude Oil Near Cohasset, Minnesota, on July 4, 2002
2004
44 pages
Report
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