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Natural gas represents 36% of the total primary energy consumption for the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Despite its necessity for heating buildings and generating electricity, natural gas pipelines are susceptible to corrosion, which may result in serious accidents. For this reason, it is vital for natural gas providers to do all that they can to fight rust and decay on their pipelines to avoid property damage, severe injury, or worse.

Miller Weisbrod Olesky's Natural Gas Explosion Lawyers have successfully pursued multiple lawsuits against natural gas companies arising from explosions due to aging, broken pipes, and inadequate policies relating to the replacement of natural gas pipe components. Clay Miller, partner attorney at Miller Weisbrod Olesky, recently obtained a $12,500,000 Settlement after a gas explosion resulted in serious burn injuries to our clients.

What Causes a Gas Explosion

A gas explosion is an explosion resulting from a gas leak in the presence of an ignition source. The principal explosive gases are natural gas, methane, propane and butane, because they are widely used for heating purposes. Industrial gas explosions can be prevented with the use of intrinsic safety barriers to prevent ignition.

Working in the natural gas industry is dangerous. The incidence of accidental injury and death is high. Unfortunately, companies often ignore safety problems, and serious accidents can occur.

Many times it's not only oil and gas workers affected by gas explosions, but rather the citizens living around the pipelines that live in danger. At Miller Weisbrod Olesky, our Natural Gas Explosion Lawyers believe in holding natural gas companies responsible for their negligence.

Common Causes of Natural Gas Explosions

• Old, rusty gas lines or ones that are damaged that run from the street into your home
• Defective gas-operated equipment
• Improper use of gas furnaces, stoves or other gas appliances
• Gas appliances that have been poorly or incorrectly installed

ATMOS Pipeline Corrosion Problems

There have been nine homes that have exploded in the Dallas area since 2006. In 2019 The National Transportation Safety Board issued a preliminary report that found Atmos was aware of leaks in Dallas neighborhoods for nearly two months prior to a series of explosions.

NTSB investigators found a crack around a two-inch line behind the homes. The pipe failed pressure tests. Over the course of three days, Atmos Energy’s corroded, leaking natural gas pipes caused three homes to explode.

When properly maintained and monitored, pipelines perform a vital role in transporting natural gas across the country for energy providers. As these pipelines are buried, the general public is typically not aware of their presence, until situations similar to the recent North Texas Gas Explosions that have taken place.

• ATMOS Gas Explosion - Plano
• ATMOS Gas Explosion - Dallas
• ATMOS Gas Explosion - Farmersville
• ATMOS Gas Explosion - Houston

In many cases, corrosion is responsible for leakages and accidents for natural gas pipelines.

One of the major contributing factors to external corrosion of underground pipelines is inadequate coating.

Internal corrosion may occur when water and contaminants in the gas erode the pipe wall.

ATMOS Related Gas Explosions

ATMOS Gas Explosion

Dallas man injured in 2011 home Explosion

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Atmos' leaky pipes causing concern for recent Gas Explosions

Officials Call for Dangerous Gas Pipe Removal

Top officials call for removal of dangerous cast iron pipes - Atmos Energy

Clay Miller Interviewed Following Natural Gas Explosion

Contact Our Natural Gas Explosion Lawyers

If you have suffered a catastrophic injury or property damage in a natural gas explosion accident, please contact us at (214) 987-0005 or toll free at (888) 987-0005 for a free consultation.