LPG pipeline in Songkla leaks

SONGKLA: -- A liquefied petroleum gas pipeline at a gas separation plant of Trans Thai-Malaysia Ltd (TTM) in this southern province has leaked, but not to an extent that caused damages to operation of the plant, according to the company’s executive.

Somchai Kruyai, Senior Executive Vice President of TTM, a joint venture between PTT Public Company Limited (PTT) and Petronas of Malaysia, said the LPG pipeline had not been considerably damaged, but had to be halted for a temporary system test by a contractor.

He said a snake crawled around a high-voltage power transmission line of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA), causing the electrical short-circuit to a land power line and an LPG control system.

However, the incident has not affected the gas separation plant, which is still normal operation.

The TTM-run gas separation plant, which has a capacity of 425 million cubic feet per day, receives gas from the Joint Development Area (JDA) of Thailand and Malaysia.

It has started gas separation process and supply to Malaysia since February 2005.

It is now in a process of testing the LPG separation system, which is expected to a capacity of 166,000 tons per year.

--TNA 2006-02-06

Not sure why a snake shorting out the electricity should cause a leak.

Plants like this should fail SAFE..................

A very basic engineering principle.

I wonder if it was a religious snake.

Thai-Malaysian gas pipe leaked in Songkhla

The Thai-Malaysian gas pipe had leaked in Chana (จะนะ) District of Songkhla Province, but officials were able to control the situation in just ten minutes.

Gas leaked from the 1st control station for the Thai-Malaysia gas pipeline project. Officials had to seal off the roads around the station located in Jana district in Songkhla, as gas was leaking and visibly spewing up as high as a meter. However, the situation was controlled within ten minutes.

The cause is suspected to be malfunctioning of the safety system at the station, but the gas had leaked from a different pipe from that used for generating power.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 07 Febuary 2006

Anybody for grilled-snake ?