A new draft report for the U.S. Congress from the United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration takes new aim at Enbridge for failures in its pipeline leak detection and response system. Not that the PHMSA is singling out Enbridge, the report is highly critical of leak detection systems on all petroleum and natural […]
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The 911 system failed during the 2010 Marshall, Michigan, Enbridge pipeline breach, according to the full report in the incident released by the US National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB report says the 911 operators in Michigan dismissed eight calls reporting gas or petroleum odours over a period of 14 hours between the initial report […]
The US agency that looks after pipelines, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, has issued an updated “Corrective Action Order” on the oil spill at Grand Marsh in Wisconsin, slamming Enbridge because the company's “integrity management program may be inadequate.” The order goes on to say: PHMSA has communicated its longstanding concerns about this […]
Energy Environment A study by an Alberta provincial government agency has concluded that diluted bitumen (also known in the industry as "dilbit") is little different in its effects on pipelines than conventional or 'non-oil sands derived' crude oil. A review of existing studies was conducted by Jenny Been, P.Eng for the provincial agency, Alberta […]
US NTSB to pipeline companies: Call 911 in an emergency
June 29, 2011
It sounds obvious. In an emergency (in most of North America) dial 911. Only according a US National Transportation Safety Board Report dated June 8 and released today, Pacific Gas and Electric didn't call 911 in California at the time of a major pipeline breach and fire on Sept. 9, 2010, in San Bruno, California […]
Reuters TransCanada restarting Keystone oil pipeline TransCanada says oil shipments "likely imminent" TransCanada Corp (TRP.TO) was restoring operations on Sunday along the Keystone crude oil pipeline, one week after it was shut by a leak at a Kansas pumping station, a company spokesman said. "We are in the process of restarting Keystone but I […]
US allows restart of Keystone pipeline: Reports
June 4, 2011
There are media reports that the United States Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration is permitting the restart of the Keystone pipeline after earlier saying it could not be restarted following a spill on May 29. The Wall Street Journal reports The U.S. Department of Transportation on Saturday approved TransCanada Corp.'s plan to restart its […]