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AMARILLO, TEXAS -- El Paso Natural Gas, the company that owns the gas pipeline that exploded in Bushland last month, released an update on the investigation into what caused that event today.
The statement said that the rupture was the result of an upward force on the branch connection that put pressure on a small area on the carrier pipe. That carrier pipe contained a lamination. It was the force on that lamination which caused a fracture to develop which led to the rupture. The company noted that there was no corrosion involved, no evidence of any defects in the weld between the connection and carrier pipe, and no evidence of a natural gas leak prior to the rupture.
The company is still working to determine what caused the upward force on the branch connection.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Steve Shafer at 806-354-3134 or via his cell at 806-930-1668; or Patrick Brady at 719-329-5619 or via his cell at 719-235-0183; or you may email us at: EPNGAmarillo@elpaso.com or visit us at www.elpaso.com/bushlandinfo.
