Established in 1928 and headquatered in Birmingham, Alabama this company is currently a division of Kinder Morgan. Southern Natural Gas Company was a division of Sonat Inc until 1999, when Sonat and El Paso Corporation merged. El Paso was acquired by Kinder Morgan in 2012. Southern Natural Gas Company is a 6.900 miles pipeline system that encompasses natural gas basins in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississipi and market areas in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississipi, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Tenesse, including the metropolitan areas of Atlanta and Birmingham, being one of the principal natural gas transporters for the fast growing southern market.
- In Benton, South Carolina, a pipeline leak occurred that spilled an estimated of 370.000 gallons of gasoline on a farmer’s land before the leak was detected. No injuries or fatalities were reported. The owners of the land filed a lawsuit claiming their property, that had been listed for sale as commercial property before the accident, suffered irreparable damage and is now devalued.
- In 2010, a natural gas leak occurred when external corrosion caused a rupture a second failure mechanism, causing damages in a three inches PVC municipal water line serving about twenty houses south of the location of the affected pipeline. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
- A pipe ruptured when a failure appeared in a four wrinkle underbend configuration. High pressure natural gas escaped and created a narrow hole, minimal property damage was reported.
- A pipeline ruptured in a cotton field, resulting in an ignition and fire. There were no reported injuries, fatalities or evacuations. Fire and rescue personnel were deployed to the area and Southern Natural Gas personnel responded to the event by closing all valves necessary to shut in the pipeline segment.
Asbestos and the Oil Industry
Workers on old oil rigs are under risk of being exposed to asbestos, a highly toxic material used during the twentieth century due to its durability, resistance to heat and flames and low cost. Exposure to asbestos has been connected to several health complications, Mesothelioma being one of the gravest ones.
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Oil Rig Accident Attorneys
Oil Rig Workers can at risk of workplace accidents. These accidents can leave them exposed to long term consequences varying from injuries, chronic pain and mounting medical bills. Some of them can even result in dead, this is way is important for workers and former workers to contact an oil rig lawyer if they had been involved in one such accident, this way they can get a case evaluation, the first step to determine if compensation may be needed.
