Spectra Gas Pipeline Explosion Cuts Flows to Eastern U.S.
- Blast occured on 36-inch Texas Eastern line, state says
- Company declares force majeure, unsure of timing for repairs
A natural gas explosion at a pipeline complex near Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on April 29, 2016.
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An explosion and fire on a major Spectra Energy Corp. pipeline that crosses half the U.S. is disrupting natural gas shipments from western Pennsylvania to the Northeast.
Crews shut off the gas feeding the flames, which burst out of Spectra’s 36-inch Texas Eastern pipeline in Salem Township at about 8:30 a.m., John Poister, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, said in an e-mail.