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Kinder Morgan, Inc. Natural Gas-Fueled Explosion and Fire; August 15, 2021; Continuation

Kinder Morgan, Inc. Natural Gas-Fueled Explosion and Fire; August 15, 2021; Continuation

Kinder Morgan, Inc. Natural Gas-Fueled Explosion and Fire; August 15, 2021; Continuation

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thread815-486348: Kinder Morgan gas pipeline explosion in Arizona was closed, this is a continuation.
On August 15, 2021, about 5:29 a.m. local time, pipeline (line) 2000, a 30-inch diameter natural gas transmission pipeline owned and operated by Kinder Morgan, Inc. (Kinder Morgan) ruptured in a rural area in Coolidge, Arizona.
NTSB Opens Public Docket for Coolidge, Arizona Pipeline Rupture Investigation, Sept. 15, 2022 LINK

RE: Kinder Morgan, Inc. Natural Gas-Fueled Explosion and Fire; August 15, 2021; Continuation

The linked article indicates the line was originally an oil pipeline converted to gas service. The failure was adjacent to the longitudinal weld . It is possible that the specification and QC requirements for oil pipes are not equivalent to that for gas pipelines- TBD. It is not clear if a "smart pig" could have detected a fault in the longitudinal weld after several years of accumulated deposits in oil service. 2 fatalities resulted from the fire.

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