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Exxon's Pegasus Pipeline rupture started almost 70 years ago
2013-08-02 21:27:32| Chemicals - Topix.net
Investigators found that Exxon Mobil Corp.'s nearly 70-year-old Pegasus Pipeline had a defect from the original manufacturer that caused it to rupture in Mayflower, Ark., on March 29. The Hurst Metallurgical Research Laboratory found the pipeline failure "resulted from an original manufacturing defect of the electronic resistance welded pipe, " a ... (more)
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