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Burst Oil Pipeline In California Severely Corroded, Investigators Say
2015-06-04 21:38:47| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The pipeline that ruptured and spilled more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil along the California coastline near Santa Barbara last month was badly corroded, according to federal investigators. The Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration says preliminary findings indicate the pipeline was "experiencing active external corrosion," and that metal loss amounted to 45 percent of the pipeline wall where the pipe broke.
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California oil spill pipeline left to rust paper-thin
2015-06-04 03:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: An oil pipeline that ruptured and spilled an estimated 383,000 litres (101,000 gallons) of crude near Santa Barbara in May had been allowed to corrode to a tiny fraction of its original thickness, federal regulators have said. The preliminary findings released on Wednesday by the federal pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration point to a possible cause of the 19 May spill that blackened popular beaches and created a 14.5km (nine mile) slick in the Pacific Ocean. The agency said...
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Federal government orders pipeline company clean California oil spill
2015-05-28 04:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The federal government on Wednesday ordered a company at the center of a Southern California oil spill to continue its efforts to clean up the pipeline breach that dumped crude onto a pristine stretch of shoreline and into the Pacific Ocean. The order from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Coast Guard also requires Texas-based Plains All American Pipeline to submit a written plan by June 6 that will outline measures for analyzing the spill's effects on the environment. The...
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Santa Barbara Oil Spill Adds Pipeline Operator Dismal Safety Record
2015-05-21 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Texas-based Plains All American Pipeline is reported to have a number of previous infractions. One of the company's pipelines also spilled an estimated 10,000 gallons near Los Angeles a year ago. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Near Santa Barbara, Calif., oil from a spilled pipeline now stretches across nine miles of Pacific Ocean coastline. The leak itself was stopped last Tuesday. Today, federal investigators are on the scene trying to pinpoint what caused it and why the line didn't automatically shut...
Santa Barbara oil spill: Pipeline operator has long record of problems
2015-05-21 15:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Plains Pipeline, the large Texas-based company responsible for the pipe that ruptured in Santa Barbara County, has accumulated 175 safety and maintenance infractions since 2006, according to federal records. A Times analysis of data from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration shows Plains' rate of incidents per mile of pipe is more than three times the national average. Among more than 1,700 pipeline operators listed in a database maintained by the federal agency, only four...
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