Texas natural gas pipeline explodes into flames

[@MicheleJolie]

In case you don't know, there are extensive networks of gas and oil pipelines beneath and around Houston, Texas. Houston is a major hub for the energy sector, and many pipelines crisscross the area, transporting crude oil, natural gas, refined petroleum products, and petrochemicals. Types of Pipelines Under Houston: Crude Oil Pipelines: These pipelines transport crude oil from production sites, such as oil fields in Texas, to refineries or storage facilities. Houston is home to many refineries, and crude oil pipelines often terminate here or pass through the area. Natural Gas Pipelines: Houston has numerous natural gas pipelines, linking production fields (such as the Permian Basin in West Texas) to processing plants, storage, and markets both locally and nationally. Petrochemical Pipelines: Pipelines also transport petrochemical products from refineries and chemical plants to distribution centers and other facilities. Major Pipelines in the Houston Area: Keystone Pipeline: This pipeline transports crude oil from Canada to refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Colonial Pipeline: One of the largest refined products pipelines in the U.S., it runs from Houston to the East Coast, supplying fuel like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline: This natural gas pipeline system originates in Texas and supplies the Northeast U.S. Where Do They Go? Local Distribution: Many pipelines within the Houston area transport oil and gas to local refineries and processing plants in the region. Regional Transport: Pipelines from Houston transport fuel and natural gas to other regions of Texas and nearby states. National Pipelines: Houston is a key starting point for national networks that extend to the Midwest, East Coast, and even Canada. The pipeline infrastructure is vast and critical for energy distribution throughout the U.S., and Houston plays a pivotal role due to its strategic location as a major energy hub.

[@vangu2918]

Is your house on fire?

[@maw6456]

@@vangu2918 😂😂😂

[@dennisjohnsen7297]

@@MicheleJolie That’s a great lesson on the extensive amount of different pipelines and their functions that are part of the local infrastructure of Houston. The only thing I think you could have included is WHERE IS THE SHUT-OFF VALVE FOR THIS PARTICULAR NG LINE?

[@MicheleJolie]

@@dennisjohnsen7297 Lol. A long time ago, I developed databases for a couple engineering companies, which gave me significant knowledge in the field. I find it interesting how many homeowners in certain areas are unaware of the potential dangers they face in their living environment.

[@gabegood8989]

in Texas you can die from and inch of snow or having no AC in summer..

[@eddyvideostar]

Gabe Good. Got it. Good comment.

[@dixond1]

That's ridiculous. Texans are tougher than most.

[@artemisnite]

Thanks to decades of Republican incompetence.

[@maw6456]

@@gabegood8989 the highest utility rates I've ever heard of for such lossy service....

[@cesarbolet2181]

Sabotage or ineptitude/negligence.

[@California_69Native7]

Your smart

[@California_69Native7]

You know the truth only the woke know

[@donwyoming1936]

Think they said a car hit it

[@workermannamrekrow2768]

Yes possible component failure, etc.

[@rodturner6759]

Abbott negligence...

[@anncain2432]

OMG, I'm here and had no clue but it's nothing new to this area...I feel so sorry for the families who love near this plant. Happens too often!

[@Jake.Gentry]

Holy Moly I can only imagine how hot the heat radiation must be

[@KristiChan1]

Texas: "Everything's fine."

[@juneaborealis8658]

At least the voting in 2020 was fine. Got done before the very small Georgia and Pennsylvania, and we had so many mail in ballots due to our plethora of bases. It's still far better than those now cesspools.

[@keecuwwa.s]

😂

[@frankbaine3918]

Just another Texas Monday in the petroleum & gas business. I wish the best for the homeowners affected and that they are well compensated by the pipeline owner for losses.

[@xenxu26]

Props to the first responders and especially the firefighters who wore thick and heavy gear near a flaming pipeline blowout in 90+ heat.

[@edmundooliver7584]

business is booming in Texas.

[@Sushi2735]

For some peculiar reason, I’m not at all surprised by this. Hope no one was injured.

[@hubriswonk]

Really not that big of a deal. Equipment failure and they are waiting for the gas to burn out. Welcome to the modern age were things work amazingly well 99% of the time.

[@vangu2918]

I bet your house isn't on fire. Is it? Nope, right!

[@mattmalyj7964]

It was a car attack on a Valve

[@DIVISIONINCISION]

Anyone with a brain would not live within 10 miles of a natural gas refinery. This is typical for Houston.

[@stevepope6095]

Exactly 💯

[@conniee.]

Yeah, well, many people have brains but don't use them for the right things. Ppl still live by refineries, dams, Nuclear power plants, volcanos, fire-trap canyons, and easily flooded places, they don't think about danger, unfortunately.🤔😮‍💨

[@eddyvideostar]

Dear Division: Are you the type with a perfect family, located at home, having the best vehicles -- and guaranteed, that neither snow, rain, storm, floods, tornado, hurricane, teef, robber, or Satan's wrath, will not pluck your perineum? Only your plumes of flatulence will reach God's nostrils, instead of *your futile prayers* that He will not hear? Bombast and faux-sage will see your sadness.

[@DIVISIONINCISION]

@@eddyvideostar It's called intelligence. Of all the places in Texas, they chose the worst city: Houston. Crime, corruption, disasters both man-made and natural in origin. I live in Central Texas. We have none of the problems you see in Houston. I don't wish them harm, but why would you ever live that close to a natural gas pipeline or in Houston to begin with?

[@keecuwwa.s]

That's what I thought who lives near stuff like that. Can't really blame them the gov building all kinds of stuff around us.

[@buzyking1093]

My heartfelt prayers to the people of Texas

[@allste626]

What's the issue? Had one of these burning a huge flame, right down the road for several decades; day and night, rain or shine, snow or hell freezing over... the thing never went out. They finally put it out a few years ago but I miss seeing it every time I drive by.

[@Dig-y1f]

Well this is a excuse to raise gas prices 😮

[@pinkysunshine2423]

And it's the windmills giving us cancer

[@SaraGrant-xj4lr]

Or our 12 months abortions .😊

[@redlion9199]

Cancer was patented by the USA ❤ Look it up!!!!!

[@pearl_kill_Gaming]

Oh here I thought it was sharks and batteries. Or wet magnets. Or any other number of silly things the politcal right go on about.. yah know, like cutting regulations....

[@ElonaldTrusk]

​@@SaraGrant-xj4lrabortions actually _do_ lead to cancer, cat mom.

[@maw6456]

@@ElonaldTrusk sure it does

[@francisebbecke2727]

Like something out of the Book of Exodus.

[@VicDich]

CBS how is this Trumps Fault?

[@VicDich]

Where are the 51 heads of the intelligence agencies saying this is Trumps fault?

[@VicDich]

Are the animals safe?

[@Jessie-ff2xh]

Houston sure does its share of problems 😢

[@NeverSuspects]

What started the fire? A leak? Pipes don't just suddenly explode...

[@cpk313]

Car accident

[@70Eldo]

We had a pipeline do that in the middle of winter back in the early 80's in Sterling Heights MI- it was crazy to see the winter sky at 10 degrees light up like daylight from 2 miles away with 200 foot flames.

[@Negus08]

There needs to be a robot or something that can suck the oxygen out of the air and contain the gas. It's 2024. We're flying into space, but still don't have any solutions for earths problems.

[@TychoKingdom]

Why are these oil and gas companies so incompetent. They make billions on the product but always have leaky pipes. Can't affird basic maintenance?

[@donwyoming1936]

A car hit it.

[@devintoner1160]

@@donwyoming1936 Can they not afford to properly protect it from vehicles? Hell, Target puts those massive red balls to prevent cars from smashing through the front of their stores.

[@catalystcomet]

It's hilarious how in the chat there were so many Republicans saying Democrats must have sabotaged the plant, and all the Democrats were just wondering if people were actually safe and okay.

[@WCghost05]

Fake news

[@zornmediagroup43]

Strawman harder

[@workermannamrekrow2768]

It's a valve station.

[@sandranettles4833]

Yeah, sure😅

[@RockChick63174]

​@@zornmediagroup43do you understand strawman? 😅

[@mgreg8134]

Call the Hellfighters!

[@bwnco]

John wayne in bound..... Boots an Coots!

[@JohnShinn1960]

The pressure backed up from high prices preventing consumption. Boom!! 🔥

[@Rostam-01]

Go AIPAC......AIPAC rule America

[@laurasplicer712]

Natural gas peices were on way down . Obvious sabotage to jack up those prices. ..

[@William1987GTA1]

Wait wait wait!!!!! That was supposed to happen election night!!!!! Damnit we can never get it right! 😡

[@eddyvideostar]

Scary stuff.

[@RayStraiter]

Drill Baby Drill

[@dewardroy6531]

Fracking A!

[@eddiearmijo6635]

Drill Baby Drill. GOP Relaxed EPA Rules.

[@KK_on_KK]

And? You're certain that this is a direct result?

[@donwyoming1936]

A car hits a pipeline in "Nowhere" Texas and that's what you come up with?

[@alicewoodard2373]

Are you certain that it is NOT??​@@KK_on_KK

[@KK_on_KK]

@@alicewoodard2373 Am I the one claiming one way or another?

[@KK_on_KK]

@Jte336 OK, so educate us. How is this a result of fewer regulations.

[@ambercombs5346]

Putin did it.😅

[@dewardroy6531]

Texas needs infrastructure week. The governor will present his concept of a plan in two to four weeks. Right after he fixes the energy grid.

[@sydneyevans2637]

The "concept of a plan" fits in so well with "alternative facts", wouldn't you agree?

[@pdcdesign9632]

@@sydneyevans2637 BRILLIANT.

[@garywheeler7039]

Lone Star safety standards once again!

[@artemisnite]

I wonder where Ted Cruz will be going on vacation during this one...

[@oyenations162]

How did this happen???

[@DonnaQuick-rr1hx]

That was no accident, it was intentional

[@Tigerous]

It’s Texas so this isn’t surprising.

[@RayStraiter]

Get a truckload of brisket cowboys! When yer dealt lemons, make lemonade!

[@TwoRials]

For fender benders, insurance companies-and ultimately, you-pay tens of thousands of dollars, I wonder how much this company end up paying, probably nothing.

[@laurasplicer712]

Computer hacker. Cyber crime calling it now.

[@defabc76]

what's the cause for the explosion?

[@hubriswonk]

Amazing reporting as always..............no idea.

[@johnw2026]

How did a car hit that pipeline?

[@JerryMoore-tm9cf]

Is the next of kin a local or overseas call?

[@sumtingwong8768]

As a former firefighter with 100 years of experience I can tell you that probably stinks

[@csps56]

Why would you ever live in a neighborhood with 12 pipelines? Do peeps understand what those chemicals are doing to them. Even with no fire that hood is toxic.

[@hrtscanner]

This is not an accident.

[@beachbumseaglass]

Move along sheeple, nothing to see here.....

[@SirNic4180]

Texas being Texas.

[@MikeyKnows-c5q]

They'll keep it going on for a week or more so 😢

[@Doctor_klausmartens]

check old imagery, the cars was always there.

[@KK_on_KK]

@Doctor_klausmartens a white SUV with the front end smashed in was always there...?

[@kiszmyazz1026]

Accident?

[@rustneversleeps01]

This is what deregulation buys you . Spontaneous combustion

[@jagilo9677]

The same day TDA is labeled a terrorist organization . There are no coincidences

[@wordsculpt]

The same day as my fat brother's birthday. Yes, there are coincidences.

[@djsugarbear6715]

This is when Superman flies in, sneezes on it, and calls it a day.

[@Crayfish-]

It pays to check & replace pipe lines every once in a while. Not that this Company didn't, they probably did ! But it would be good for some to do Research on the longevity of materials. Not just on industrial, but Residential too ! I worked in Construction for nearly 30 years. And if I were building my house I would use Preferably " Stainless Steel " Feed & Drain Lines." / Iron rusts, Galvanized Corrodes, Copper too, Brass also, [ but it's better ] PVC Is Brittle ! " When Not If " there are " Major Earthquakes " There Better be " Both " an once of Prevention " and " a Pound of Cure(s) " Ready In-Place " !

[@kl1200r]

my guess is that white suv crashed thru the fence and hit the pipe

[@dan8910100]

Normal in places like Nigeria. This country is turning into Africa. 😔

[@l.carlossimental6096]

Somehow Texans will find a way to blame California.

[@gregoryallen0001]

what car

[@leesylvester8713]

Couldn’t see much, but it looks like that valve only had a fence around it? Shouldn’t that valve have been better protected.

[@annettemiranda4803]

God bless you all!!! 🙏

[@frankthewriter5937]

Cars cars cars! What the hell do you expect? 😂😂😂

[@lablaine1981]

16 pipelines run thru this hood',above/below ground,my hood probably no different 🤔

[@aaronjgallegos]

But Tesla batteries….

[@dennisjohnsen7297]

How does this not have a shut-off valve?

[@tangyjoe4326]

It was shut off but the gas already in the pipeline between the shutoff valve and the break still has to burn off. They said it would take a couple of hours.

[@dennisjohnsen7297]

@@tangyjoe4326 I know what they said. (Don’t mean to sound snarky). Liquid Natural Gas, (LNG) doesn’t burn as a liquid. To keep it as a liquid it is kept pressurized, just like a tank you attach to your gas grill. (Although it’s a different type of gas, propane). Without getting into a long, drawn out science lesson about the combustion of NLG, if there is no air supply, there is no combustion. Granted, we don’t know if this is due a break in the line, either way there should be a shut off valve somewhere. Same as if you turn the gas off at the tank on your grill. The gas in the line would burn off, but you would notice an INSTANT decrease in the pressure/size of the flame. In my opinion, some knucklehead doesn’t know how to turn off the gas. Even if you were to extinguish the flames using the water they are spraying on the surrounding houses, natural gas dissipates quickly in the atmosphere. I just think that this fire is something that should be easily extinguished. The fact that the flame is remaining at a constant height tells me that it is still under pressure.

[@tangyjoe4326]

@@dennisjohnsen7297 Sounds reasonable, especially your last sentence. I have no knowledge about this stuff but do know that knuckleheads and incompetence abounds everywhere nowadays so I’m comfortable taking your word for it 😀✌️

[@dennisjohnsen7297]

@@tangyjoe4326 I can give you a short history of my experience, but in my opinion, that’s irrelevant. There are people who claim to have “been doing this for 30 years…”. That’s great. Maybe they have been doing it wrong for 30 years. For example, when George Washington got sick the prevailing sound medical practice of the time was blood letting. I don’t imagine that the doctors who came to treat him thought, “Blood letting is insane, but since we’ve been doing it for about 3000 years, so let’s just stick with it.” No. They considered it to be a sound medical procedure. That’s what they did and when he didn’t survive the procedure, their opinion was that they didn’t let out enough bad blood. I am a retired engineer. I dealt with designing and operating power plants for hospitals, ships, military installations, basically self contained systems that are not a part of the infrastructure. Things like gas lines, and there are lots of different types, medical gases, fuel gases, etc. The most important part is the ability to maintain them and redundancy; a backup for a backup. You can’t maintain a gas line if you can’t turn it off/valve it off. Something as simple as a pressure gauge has to be replaced regularly, but you can’t do that without valving it off. There’s also bypasses, but that’s a different story. The best way to figure out if someone is telling the truth, it has to make sense. ❤️

[@tangyjoe4326]

@@dennisjohnsen7297 You do understand I was basically agreeing with you right? Or at least taking your word for it because your points made sense and I know nothing that would say otherwise?

[@franksullivan1873]

Can they not cut the gas?

[@Dot-Dot-Dash]

Very sad!

[@DonnaQuick-rr1hx]

Is this a hint that the Democratic party does not want us to have gas,

[@MrMugenwii]

yes, youre a genius. Obama was there, and Hillary too

[@raphaelitaduckett4148]

My goodness wtf is going on?!!!!!

[@privacyvalued4134]

If it was lax adherence to established safety standards, the USCSB video/reenactment/animation for this event will be epic.

[@1realtruthrightnow742]

Sabotage, just like the trains, just like the bridges

[@salsal435]

It was Bigfoot!!😅

[@george-b3i-d2d]

well everybody's gas bill will go up now to cover the gas company's loss

[@charlesphillips1468]

You can roast your marshmallows a block away.

[@IvaTaiwan-u8z]

🇷🇺Russian hand😂😂😂

[@amydiazhollis6642]

Why can't we make the news for something good??? Ugh

[@WanderingSword]

this is no accident. It's caused by the same people who bombed the Nordstream pipelines

[@judS7]

Temperatures soaring up to mid 90’s….Texans 😂😂😂😂😂 this is a regular summer’s day heat.

[@opiewatsonjr7256]

GAS IS GOING UP AGAIN

[@sarabarela8705]

REDEEMING THE TIMES 🙏 CAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL 🙏 Repent 🛐 Be born again 🙏 believe in the Gospel 📖 Jesus is coming back very soon ✝️ 🎺 Parilouse Times"

[@salsal435]

It was the guy in the wheelchair's fault! 😅

[@jroddy1]

Great. There goes our nice low gas prices now

[@justrosy5]

Sooo much better than Green Gold, eh TX? (Sarcasm)

[@senator1295]

you really ..sound like a RusBot ...without any gold

[@BrianSmith-yn2zg]

Gas company: we don't need any stickin shut off valves.

[@tangyjoe4326]

The video said it was shut off but would still take a couple of hours for the gas inside the pipeline (presumably between the valve and the break in the line) to burn off.

[@godzillaeatsushi4979]

Where the governor and Tet Cruz?

[@aaronalloway6405]

Prolly on his way to the Cancun.

[@notaforte]

Wait ! Why isn’t there a way to vacuum it into a giant container to shut it down. Oh wait we are still in the Stone Age with cavemen scientists!

[@SmushyMcMushy]

One person caused all this.

[@solarwind907]

Oil companies will raise prices and write off the costs on their taxes. Power companies will have to repair extensive damage. Burning fossil fuels like this put more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and more particulate matter for all to breathe. Hopefully the homeowners in the area will be able to move out of there soon. Can’t imagine their home values being worth much. Probably will lose their homeowners insurance soon.

[@jeffprenoveau4841]

You go Texas, drill baby drill . Has Ted left for Cancun yet because it’s to hot? Maybe upgrading your refineries so you’re shut off valve can actually prevent this type of problem. Sad and good luck.

[@angelinaly135]

Omg so scary 😢😮

[@_ArsNova]

Couldn't pay me to live in or around Houston!

[@JTSunriseMusic]

Corporations doing what they do best

[@pwmoorejr]

It is not a liquid natural gas pipeline! It is a Natural Gas, Liquid line! LNG is a cryogenic liquid around -260 degree Fahrenheit.

[@jadams1722]

Liquefaction?

[@keecuwwa.s]

Ohio all over again

[@facty6]

Nah, average Houston.

[@Zenitram3]

I'm going to say it's wasn't a car that hit the underground pipeline...

[@wordsculpt]

Next you will blame it in space lasers

[@KK_on_KK]

@Zenitram-ic3dj the part that was hit isn't under ground you dolt.

[@blessedbee186]

Surprise! Wait! Another reason to increase prices. Ask Ohio folks what this reminds them of. 🚂

[@declanmurphy6427]

How could the "Greatest country on Earth" allow this death trap to be built with total disregard for its safety ?