A worker was killed and two others were injured in an explosion that occurred while they were carrying out maintenance work on an offshore pipeline, about 10 km south of Timbalier Bay on the southeast coast of Louisiana at about 11.10 am local time on Saturday 13 September 2014. The affected pipeline carries natural gas to the Henry Hub Storage Facility at Erath, Louisiana, and is thought to have occurred when a valve failed on a gas-handling line. The pipeline has been taken out of service while an investigation is carried out and repairs undertaken.
Satellite view of the Henry Hub facility in Louisiana. Google Maps.
The Henry Hub facility processes oil from the Gulf of Mexico for onward transport via 9 intrastate and 4 interstate pipelines. It has a capacity of 590 cubic meters per second, and its smooth running has a strong influence on gas prices in the US.
See also...
An oil and gas rig 95 km off the coast off Louisiana which has been burning for a day has begun to collapse into the Gulf of Mexico. The Walter Oil & Gas owned...
A storage tank at a crude oil facility at Denham Springs in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, exploded at about 10.30 pm on Thursday 2 May 2013 (3.30 am on Friday 3 May...
Two workers are feared dead after an explosion on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday 16 November...
Follow Sciency Thoughts on Facebook.
