The shutdown of a compressor station belonging to Columbia Gulf gas pipeline in Mississippi was caused by a lightning strike, according to officials. It led to a significant surge in natural gas futures on Friday morning, News Channel 3 reported.
No reported injuries as lightning strike causes tremendous fireball at Columbia Gulf gas pipeline in Mississippi
According to Ricky Gibens, the Emergency Services Coordinator for Corinth and Alcorn County, a product at the Corinth Compressor Station on Kendrick Road caught fire at approximately 12:50 a.m. during a storm, apparently due to a lightning strike. MORE
Uh-huh…
Been there,done that. You don’t want to be around a pipeline when a thunderstorm hits.
I see a relatively small fire and what appears to be a blowdown ‘silencer’ venting gas from a compressor station yard.
These are the things I work around.
The picture in the link looks like gas blowing from a vent stack to me, possibly from an ESD system being tripped. I could see a lightning hit starting a fire if there was a small leak somewhere. With emissions laws, they do Flir scans looking for leaks fairly often in the compressor stations I work at.
Surely it will cause a cut in production and an increase in price.
It will probably follow the train derailment schedule next.
lightning strike. right. i mean left.
Well, now … ain’t that convenient?
mortem tyrannis
izlamo delenda est …