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Obamas pipeline comments send mixed messages
2013-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Wire: President Barack Obama's unexpected mention of the Keystone XL pipeline in his climate-change speech Tuesday gave the appearance of pledging a tough line on the project's environmental impact. But his comments were embraced by Keystone supporters, who said the pipeline has already met the president's standards. Standing outside Georgetown University in a blanket of heat that left him wiping sweat off his forehead, Mr. Obama said Keystone will be approved "only if this project does not significantly...
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Diluted oil sands crude no more likely to leak from pipeline than other oil, study finds
2013-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The diluted form of heavy crude from Canadian oil sands fields is no more likely to leak from a pipeline than other forms of oil, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences reported Tuesday. The finding, after an extensive study by the National Research Council, refutes a claim by opponents of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline extension, who contend that the "diluted bitumen' it would carry is more corrosive than other forms of crude and thus more likely to leak. The TransCanada pipeline...
South Sudan set for new oil pipeline
2013-06-26 13:29:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
South Sudan moves closer to its target of a pipeline to the south to export its oil, reducing the need to send it through Sudan.
Narrow and Flawed, Federal Pipeline Safety Study Fails to Settle Controversy
2013-06-26 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Diluted bitumen, a controversial form of heavy Canadian oil, poses no more risks to pipelines than conventional oil, according to a long-awaited report released Tuesday by the National Academy of Sciences. But environmentalists and pipeline watchdogs said the study's scope was so narrow and its methodology so flawed that it does little to settle the controversy over whether diluted bitumen, or dilbit, is more dangerous to humans and the environment than the light, conventional crude oil that most...
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PG&E Strengthens Pipeline Safety with Cutting-Edge Inspection Technology
2013-06-26 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Customized "smart pig" in-line inspection tool by 3P Services will help to improve safety and integrity of pipelines<br /> <br /> SAN FRANCISCO – Building on its efforts to enhance pipeline safety throughout Northern and Central California, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced that it will add a new, customized in-line inspection device to its growing suite of technology used in the field. Working from inside of natural gas pipelines, this cutting-edge "smart pig" ...This story is related to the following:Pipe Inspection Systems
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