Keystone Pipeline Conspiracy Theories?
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Im calling bullshit on shutdown in 2 minutes.
apnews.com
Keystone oil pipeline shutdown could quickly lead to higher gasoline prices
The nearly 2,700-mile Keystone oil pipeline was shut down Tuesday morning after it ruptured in North Dakota, halting the flow of millions of gallons of crude oil.
apnews.com
Saudi Arabia increased production , energy and oil stocks down, gas prices down, need a situation to drive prices back up.
My cynical opinion..
My cynical opinion..
I can try
You f'rs usually post all kinds of news, normally my first stop for news is the pit, saw this 2hrs ago and figured surely there'd be a thread, y'all disappointed me
Accident. All the climate terrorist are busy attacking electric cars
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This is what we're being told, up here.
I hit a natural gas pipeline in the early 80's with a moldboard, they shut it down and it took almost 24hrs for it to quit spewing gas before they could fix it.
Unmarked and less than 8" under the surface, took a 6" section off the top, guy running the district said I was lucky to be alive since it didn't go boom.
That peanut field wasn't planted until the next year, they came in and trenched it out deeper.
That would be very surprising. Everything I saw was 100% x-rayed and they treated everything as a potential leak.
I installed all sorts of cool flow meters. They definitely know if they're losing any product and where they're losing it in a hurry.
Also know they have guys flying drones over the pipelines weekly to check for any indications of a leak.
But, everything I worked on was privately owned by Tesoro or Conoco.
I've been to that area a lot. There's nothing there but fields. They're blowing it out of proportion because oil prices are shit and they want any excuse to raise them. I'd bet it's fixed in 2 days, and they spend the next year "reclaiming" the ground.
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Yes, every weld done is x rayed. Also, they run a smart pig to test for dig up and repairs based on coating issues, corrosion and other anomalies. That doesn't mean welds can't fail, especially when the new pipe installed was from India if i remember correctly.
Once upon a time one of our crews chipping concrete on a overpass pierced a 12" unmarked pipeline, that day they were pumping gasoline. They did not know they had a leak and it took some time to shut it down.
It's not immediate. It does have to pass through the flow rate devices.
Just that they're not pumping for days or weeks without a clue like they did in the 60s.
With that many leaks in that few years of operation of a new line, sounds like they bought shitty pipe.
I spent about 15 years as the materials purchasing lead for a major pipeline company. The quality of purchased components is essential to safe operations. We bought domestic parts, with the exception of some fittings made in Italy by Tectubi, which were the best fittings made at the time. Been a few years, so I don't know if that is still true.
I spent about 15 years as the materials purchasing lead for a major pipeline company. The quality of purchased components is essential to safe operations. We bought domestic parts, with the exception of some fittings made in Italy by Tectubi, which were the best fittings made at the time. Been a few years, so I don't know if that is still true.
The best pipe mills in the world are Berg in Panama City, FL, Durabond in Steelton, PA, and American in Birmingham Alabama.
There are more that are good, but those are the best.
This is for pipe that is 12" diameter and larger.
There are more that are good, but those are the best.
This is for pipe that is 12" diameter and larger.
Some decades ago, there used to be a steel pipe mill in Saskatchewan. Probably went the way of the Timken....
