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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKeystone pipeline leak in South Dakota about double previous estimate
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-transcanada-pipeline-leak/keystone-pipeline-leak-in-south-dakota-about-double-previous-estimate-paper-idUSKBN1HE0T7?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5ac9535104d301508221df88&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebookApril 7, 2018
Keystone pipeline leak in South Dakota about double previous estimate: paper
(Reuters) - The Keystone crude oil pipeline leak in November in rural South Dakota was nearly double the original estimate, making it one of the largest U.S. inland spills since 2010, a newspaper report on Saturday said.
Robynn Tysver, a spokeswoman for Calgary-based TransCanada Corp, which owns the pipeline, told the Aberdeen American News some 9,700 barrels of oil leaked in the Nov. 16 spill, the South Dakota paper reported. The original estimate was 5,000 barrels.
The spill gave further ammunition to environmental groups and other U.S. opponents of another pipeline the company has proposed, the long-delayed Keystone XL.
TransCanada had shut down the 590,000 barrel-per-day pipeline, one of Canadas main crude export routes linking Albertas oil fields to U.S. refineries, immediately following the spill. Operations were restarted less than two weeks later.
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Keystone pipeline leak in South Dakota about double previous estimate (Original Post)
G_j
Apr 2018
OP
I've read that the awful sludge produced in the tar sands actively corrodes the pipeline.
BobTheSubgenius
Apr 2018
#5
spanone
(135,844 posts)1. K&R... but Pruitt is doing a great job!!
bluestarone
(16,976 posts)2. wouldn't be surprised if it was actually
double the second estimate
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)3. They ALL break, eventually, and
it sure as hell seems those leaks and spills are ALWAYS at least twice the size first reported.
Funny, isn't it?
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)5. I've read that the awful sludge produced in the tar sands actively corrodes the pipeline.
It's not just a "normal" wear-and-tear issue, the hellish mess actually eats steel.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)7. Plus the companies don't do any maintenance or even
inspection, from what I've read.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)4. South Dakota asked for it, didn't it?
They got it.
onethatcares
(16,172 posts)6. anybody buying houses in
Mayflower Arkansas yet?
I did see they put down new sod after the spill there.
Curb appeal, gotta have curb appeal.