Presentation

on
Accidents in Steel Gas Pipe Line

INDRAPRASTHA GAS LIMITED

Date: 1st June 2006 at 9.00 hrs
Total Hours of interruption: 648
 Location : at Adchini junction

 Affected section of pipe line : Sarojini

Nagar flyover to Laddo Sarai CNG Station
Affected Length: 6.8 km
Diameter: 6’’
Reason : 3rd party Damage( by D.K
Enterprises on (contractor of BSES) during
laying of cable).
 Cause : Negligence of BSES, Reamer of HDD
Machine hit steel line due to trenchless
activities.
There was gas leakage.
 No. of CNG Stations affected: 1
 No. of DTC Depot affected : 0
 No. of R.O affected : 0
 No. of FRS affected : 0
 Date: 19th July 2006 at 12.30 hrs
 Total Hours of interruption: 154.3
 Location : near Mukherjee Nagar drain
 Affected section of pipe line : Dheerpur CNG
Station to Chattersal CNG Station
 Affected Length: 7.8 km
 Diameter: 4"
 Reason : 3rd party Damage( by DDA during
construction of bridge)
 Cause : pipe line get punctured due to piling
work, negligent effect of DDA authorities,
securities had made aware about location
prior to 4 days of damage.
There was gas leakage.
 No. of CNG Stations affected: 5
 No. of DTC Depot affected :2
 No. of R.O affected :1
 No. of FRS affected :0
 Date: 6th December 2006 at 12.40 hrs
 Location : Ghazipur Drain Crossing
 Total Hours of interruption: 257.2
Affected section of pipe line : Gail P/L TO
Mayur Vihar PH-I CNG
 Affected Length: 0.6 km
 Diameter: 4"
 Reason :3rd party Damage (by Flood &
Irrigation Deptt due to rupture of IGL’’s pipe
line).
 Cause : Due to Dredging work during
cleaning of drain by JCB.
There was gas leakage.
 No. of CNG Stations affected:1
 No. of DTC Depot affected :0
 No. of R.O affected :0
 No. of FRS affected :0
 Remedies : The damaged portion was being
at the depth of approx 7 m inside the flowing
drain. Repair was not possible at all.
For this an alternate line was passed.
 Date: 14th May 2008 at 16.30 hrs
 Diameter: 4
 Affected Length: 7.1 km
 Affected section of pipe line :S.V-4 (Gail)
To Okhla PH-I CNG Station
 Total Hours of interruption: 17.5
 Reason :3rd party Damage (by DJB)
 Cause : Negligence of DJB during boring.
There was gas leakage.
 No. of CNG Stations affected:2
 No. of DTC Depot affected :2
 No. of R.O affected :1
 No. of FRS affected :0
 Date: 2th jan 2009 at 17.00 hrs
 Diameter: 4"
 Affected Length: 3.36 km
 Affected section of pipe line : SGTN-II To
Siddhu Petrol Pump
 Total Hours of interruption: 49.5
 Reason : 3rd party damage (by PWD)
 Cause: During building of flyover , pockline
machine hit the steel pipe line.
Only Dent, no gas leakage.
 No. of CNG Stations affected: 3
 No. of DTC Depot affected :1
 No. of R.O affected :1
 No. of FRS affected :0
 Date: 9th June 2009 at 15.45 hrs
 Diameter: 6"&4"
 Affected Length: 28 km
 Affected section of pipe line : Complete East
Delhi Pipeline Section (S.V-1Ghazipur to
Loni Road)
 Total Hours of interruption: 11.45
 Reason :3rd party Damage ( by PWD)
 Cause : During building of flyover , Piling
machine hit the steel pipe line.
 No. of CNG Stations affected: 8
 No. of DTC Depot affected :3
 No. of R.O affected :6
 No. of FRS affected :1
 Date: 22th Aug 2009 at 9.15 hrs
 Diameter: 6“
 Affected Length: 4.5 km
 Affected section of pipe line :T-Point West
Enclave to Rohini Mega CNG Station.
 Total Hours of interruption: 218.45
 Reason : : Uncontrolled Error ( Damage by
Power Cable)
 Cause : High tension wire fell in the the
Budhvihar drain and Surge pass to underlying
steel pipe line.
 No. of CNG Stations affected:1
 No. of DTC Depot affected : 0
 No. of R.O affected : 1
 No. of FRS affected : 0
 Date: 23th june 2010 at 16.30 hrs
 Total Hours of interruption: 26

 Affected section of pipe line :Jassa Singh Park

to Saksham Petrol Pump
 Affected Length: 1.443km
 Diameter: 4"
 Reason : operational error ( by MDPE Project )
 Cause : There was a bend connecting 1 m
pipe line to 3 m pipe line. Drawing was not
checked and HDD reamer hit 3 m line joint.
 No. of CNG Stations affected:0
 No. of DTC Depot affected :0
 No. of R.O affected :0
 No. of FRS affected :1
 Suggestions : Check through both locator
and drawing.
 Date: 10th May 2011 at 14.00 hrs
 Diameter: 4”
 Affected Length: 1.4 km
 Affected section of pipe line : Kalka ji DTC
Depot to Okhla Ph-1 CNG station
 Total Hours of interruption: 82
 Reason : operational error( improper line
laying practice)
 Cause : Damage due to Corrosion/incorrect
laying of pipeline in DJB valve chamber, pipe
line rest over water line valve stem for 8 years
and also due to differential aeration.
 No. of CNG Stations affected:1
 No. of DTC Depot affected :0
 No. of R.O affected :0
 No. of FRS affected :0
 Date: 23th May 2012 at 0.00 hrs
 Location :Kapashera Chawk( Near Police
Station
 Diameter: 12"
 Affected Length: 2.8 km
 Total Hours of interruption: 32
 Reason : 3rd party Damage( by BUCON Reamer
of HDD knocked already newly operational
12” line).
 Cause: HDD Calibration was not correct. HDD
was working on 4.5m instead of 5 m and till
that date IGL don't have drawing. Locator
gave incorrect reading.
There was gas leakage.
 No. of CNG Stations affected:1
 No. of DTC Depot affected :0
 No. of R.O affected :2
 No. of FRS affected :0
 Date: 28th Oct 2012 at 00.45 hrs
 Diameter: 4
 Affected section of pipe line :Burari to
Chattrasal CNG Station
 Affected Length: 11.65 km
 Total Hours of interruption: 15.25
 Reason : 3rd party Damage( by Model Town
Market Association).
 During placing a tent there someone took a
thick nail and hit the pipe line and there was
gas leakage.
 No. of CNG Stations affected:3
 No. of DTC Depot affected :2
 No. of R.O affected :3
 No. of FRS affected :0
 Date: 10th may 2013 at 7.30 hrs
 Diameter:4“
 Affected section of pipe line : From Up-Gate
to Ashiram Batra R.O.
 Affected Length: 7.97 km
 Total Hours of interruption: 27.1
 Reason :3rd party Damage (by Vishwa Infra on
the contract of DJB for laying of sewer line of
dia 1.5 m).


 Cause : Pipe Line was hit during laying of
sever line by MTBM( Micro tunnel Boring
Machine)
Information was not provided.
 No. of CNG Stations affected:3
 No. of DTC Depot affected :2
 No. of R.O affected :3
 No. of FRS affected :0
 Date: 2th Jan 2014 at 15.00 hrs
 Location : NH-24 CNG Station
 Diameter: 4"
 Affected Length: 6.4 km
 Total Hours of interruption: 20
 Reason : Damage by Puncture of dielectric
material of Insulating Joint at NH-24 CNG
station due to electric surge.
 There was a fire at CNG station.
High pressure leakage occurred.
 No. of CNG Stations affected:0
 No. of DTC Depot affected :2
 No. of R.O affected :3
 No. of FRS affected :1
 Date: 3th Feb 2014 at 17.50 hrs
 Location : Burari chawk
 Diameter: 4"
 Affected section of pipe line :Burari chawk To
Sai R.O.
 Affected Length: 0.6 km
 Reason :Operational error (by PWD during
construction of Mukarba Wazirabad elevated
road)
 Cause : Wrong offsets in drawing and locator
couldn’t locate because of its depth(13 m)
according to drawing, offset of line was 11
m, clearance was provided to the contractor
17 m, piling activity was done at 23 m.
 No. of CNG Stations affected:0
 No. of DTC Depot affected:0
 No. of R.O affected :2
 No. of FRS affected :0
 Findings : locator can’t locate below 5 m
Following are the reasons for the Damages:
 3rd Party damage due to excavation by DTL,
DDA, PWD, DJB etc.
 Operational Errors like improper working of
locator, not to check drawings etc.
 Un controlled errors / time independent like
puncture of dielectric material, due to
electric surge.
 Total no. of Damages : 14
 No. Of Damages by 3rd Party Damage : 8
 No. Of Damages due to Operational errors : 4
 No. Of damages due to un controlled/time
independent :2
 14%
3rd Party Damage

29% Operational Errors

57%

uncontrolled/time
independent
To Rectify operational errors
 Calibration of the equipments to be done on
timely basis.( not followed till now)
 Check the certificates of HDD operator and
Tracker.
 All pipeline fittings and accessories should
be checked and operational life time of all
should be decided.
 Check drawings and locator both during the
construction work.
 Drawings should be properly checked by
zonal in charge after laying of steel line by
contractor.
 The hydrostatically tested pipes should be
retested by nitrogen gas before charging the
line.
 Protective measures from Electric installation(
Neoprene sheets, RCC blocks, Minimum
distance should be maintained).

 Proper communication with BSES and other

agencies.
 Proper patrolling of pipeline by patrolling guard.
 Reporting by patrolling guard is very important,
train and test patrolling guard.
 Intimation should be given to the various
authorities like DJB , DTL, BSES, MCD, DDA, etc
prior to construction work.
 Depute IGL representative on 3rd party work
specifically on HDD REAMER,PILLING, JCB,
BORING.
 Markers should be properly maintained near
steel gas line with contact no. provided so that
3rd party could contact before excavation.