Dixie Pipeline is a 1,307-mile (2,103 km) long propane pipeline, varying from 6 to 12 inch line, running from Gulf of Mexico fractioners and refineries to delivery points in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. It includes a 204-mile lateral into south Georgia. It is currently owned by Enterprise Products Partners.[1][2]
Accidents and Incidents
editOn November 1, 2007, a 12-inch-diameter section of Dixie Pipeline, transporting liquid propane at about 1,405 pounds per square inch, ruptured in a rural area near Carmichael, Mississippi. About 10,253 barrels (430,626 gallons) of propane were released. The resulting propane cloud expanded over nearby homes and ignited, creating a large fireball that was seen from miles away. As a result of the ensuing fire, two people were killed, and seven people sustained minor injuries. Four houses were destroyed, and several others were damaged. Electric resistance welding pipe failure was suspect as the cause of the rupture.[3]
On July 5, 2010, a landowner hit the pipeline with a bulldozer, rupturing it, in McDuffie County, Georgia. The escaping propane ignited 16 minutes later, killing one person and injuring another, and destroyed a mobile home.[4]
References
edit- ^ "NGL Pipelines | Enterprise Products". www.enterpriseproducts.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "StackPath".
- ^ Pipeline Accident Report: Rupture of Hazardous Liquid Pipeline With Release and Ignition of Propane. Carmichael, Mississippi, November 1, 2007. National Transportation Safety Board, October 14, 2009.
- ^ Failure Investigation Report – Dixie Pipeline Company 8‐inch Propane Pipeline Release US Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Office of Pipeline Safety, August 31, 2011
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