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Waterway reopened after pipeline rupture

The Unified Command consisting of Coast Guard, Texas General Land Office, Genesis Energy and RLB Contracting Inc., has completed damage assessments of a natural gas pipeline ruptured by the "Joanathan King Boyd" and reopened waterways near Port O’Connor, Texas, on Apr 20. The Captain of the Port for the Port of Corpus Christi, Coast Guard Capt. Tony Hahn, reopened the Intracoastal Waterway to vessel traffic from mile marker 468 to mile marker 474, to include the Matagorda Ship Channel from the jetties to seven nautical miles inside the bay. An Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, hydrographic survey team, completed a survey of the damaged pipeline and confirmed pipe does not protrude from the ocean floor.

Dredger set oil pipeline alight

A Unified Command consisting of Coast Guard, Texas General Land Office and RLB Contracting Inc., was responding to a gas pipeline fire near Port O’Connor, Texas. Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a mayday in the evening of Apri l7, 2018, from the captain of the "Jonathon King Boyd", who reported the vessel was on fire after hitting a gas pipeline while conducting dredging operations. Genesis Energy owns the pipeline. The 10 crewmembers aboard the "Jonathan King Boyd" were safely removed by the crew of the good Samaritan vessel "First State", which was first on scene. The fire onboard the dredging barge was meanwhile extinguished and was closely monitored for the potential of re-flash. Port Lavaca Fire Department and a fire-fighting barge are on scene to conduct fire fighting operations. Horizon Environmental has placed containment boom around the "Jonathon King Boyd" as a precaution in case fuel or oil discharge. A one-mile safety zone remained in effect around the dredge. The Intracoastal Waterway remains closed to traffic from mile marker 468 to mile marker 474 to include the Matagorda Ship Channel from the jetties to seven nautical miles inside the bay. Natural gas continued to burn from the pipeline, with the pipeline’s pressure decreasing. The impacted pipeline is secured; the remaining gas was residual. Reports with photos and video: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/594861/coast-guard-responds-gas-pipeline-fire-near-port-oconnor-texas http://coastguardnews.com/unified-command-continues-to-respond-to-gas-pipeline-fire-near-port-oconnor/2018/04/18/ https://www.dvidshub.net/image/4311302/unified-command-responds-gas-pipeline-fire-near-port-oconnor-texas