On Tuesday, Freeport LNG released a summary of the “root cause failure analysis report” they got back from an independent, third-party investigation into the cause of a pipeline explosion at the plant (see Freeport LNG Releases Reasons for Pipeline Explosion on June 8). Freeport’s brief summary of bullet points was the company’s spin on the report. A few hours later, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), the regulator in charge of investigating the accident, released a heavily redacted (but full) copy of the consultant’s report, which we have embedded below. It appears to us that the PHMSA was not happy with Freeport’s spin version and wants the public to know the fuller story.
