A gas leak from a barge docked at the Targa Resources facility in Galena Park led to community alerts and a temporary shutdown of the Houston Ship Channel on Tuesday afternoon.
The leak occurred around 4 pm at 12510 American Petroleum Road, where a barge owned by Kirby Inland Marine was docked.
The company informed local media that the leak happened due to a broken valve on the barge, which caused the release of butadiene gas into the air.
Butadiene is a...