Enterprise Products restores natgas following Texas pipe explosion

14 June 2010 16:24  [Source: ICIS news]

HOUSTON (ICIS news)--Enterprise Products Partners has restored natural gas service in north Texas following repairs to a pipeline that exploded on 7 June, the company said on Monday.

The pipeline exploded outside Cleburne, Texas, when utility workers accidentally hit the line, killing one worker and injuring at least five others, according to news media reports.

Enterprise Products said it restored service on Saturday.

The pipeline was a 36-inch, 395-mile segment extending from the company's Waha hub in west Texas to the Carthage hub in east Texas with a capacity to transport 800m cubic feet/day of natural gas, Enterprise said.

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