One dead and sixty missing as runaway train

Lac-Mégantic disaster triggers rail-vs-pipelines debate for oil transport


http://www.montrealgazette.com/M%C3%A9g ... story.html

Eco-warriors?
There was a protest in Canada earlier this week where a group of enviromentalists tried to block the tracks to stop a petrol train. The protestors were arrested.

And, another entry in the "rail vs. pipeline" discussion:

Gas line spills 25,000 gallons on Montana tribal land
July 5, 2013 at 7:38 PM ET

UPDATED: A Phillips 66 pipeline with a record of prior accidents spilled an estimated 25,000 gallons of gasoline in a remote area outside a small town on Montana's Crow Indian Reservation, but no public health problems were anticipated, federal officials said Friday.

A representative of the Houston-based oil refinery and chemical company said the amount of leaked gas likely was less than initially reported, although no alternate figure was offered. The initial estimate came from a report submitted by the company to the government's National Response Center.

Hey, it's only gasoline; it's supposedly 'in a remote area'; and it's Indians...(Didn't we sell them some infected blankets awhile back?)

I seem to remember some protestors being arrested for violating the taxation laws of King George. Civil disobedience is a great thing isn't it? Hence the folks of OWS.....

Exxon pipeline breaks spilling 84,000 gallons of Canadian crude oil near Arkansas lake
March 29, 2013

On Friday, the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline, which brings Canadian crude oil from Illinois to Texas, ruptured, leaking at least 80,000 gallons of oil into the Central Arkansas town of Mayflower.

It was a rough start to the Easter holiday weekend after an oil spill struck in Mayflower. Authorities said as many as 40 homes had to be evacuated Friday afternoon.

(NOTE: The estimate of the damage has now been upgraded to "10,000 Barrels"...What's that?...Roughly 420,000 gallons, give or take? )

Dang.... Don't you hate it when that happens....

Apache spill is one of Alberta's largest pipeline ruptures
Published June 12, 2013 01:40 pm

Nearly a dozen days after the fact, Alberta's tardy energy regulator has reported that a ruptured pipeline owned by Apache has spilled nearly 60,000 barrels of contaminated water near Zama City, Alberta.

A pipeline carrying "produced water" from an oil field to a waste injection site broke on June 1, contaminating 42 hectares of muskeg.

Produced water can be highly saline and contain a variety of petroleum toxins as well as heavy metals.

Neither Apache nor the regulator, the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB), has released any information on the toxicity of the produced water or why the pipeline failed.

(Note: 60,000 barrels = 2,520,000 GALLONS)

Dang.... Don't you hate it when that happens....

Fresh ExxonMobil pipeline spill hits Missouri
May 02, 2013 02:03

While questions over the severity of ExxonMobil’s March 29 oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas still remain, the same pipeline has now ruptured, this time to the north, in Missouri.

The 70-year-old Pegasus pipeline, which released thousands of barrels of tar sands oil in Arkansas, has now caused another, albeit far smaller incident in Ripley County, Missouri, 200 miles north of Mayflower, Arkansas.

A resident notified ExxonMobil after spotting a patch of oil and dead vegetation in their yard outside the town of Doniphan, according to Reuters.

Originally built in the late 1940s, the Pegasus is now the subject of severe scrutiny, as many environmentalists argue that the increased corrosive impact of transporting tar sands oil presents a greater concern than other forms of oil. It is worth noting that the pipeline was shut down following the Arkansas spill, and leaked in Missouri despite being out of operation.

Dang.... Don't you hate it when that happens....

Enbridge shuts 3 pipelines after synthetic crude spill
Sunday, June 23, 2013 05:31 AM EDT

CALGARY, Alberta - Enbridge Inc, Canada's largest pipeline company, was investigating on Sunday the cause of a 750-barrel spill of synthetic crude that forced it to shut three oil pipelines in northern Alberta.

The company said recent heavy rains in the region may have resulted in ground movements that affected the pipeline. It is working with regulators to assess the cause.

The rupture on Line 37 was spotted in the early hours of Saturday morning near Enbridge's Cheecham terminal, about 70 km (43 miles) southeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Enbridge declined to comment on the size of the 17-km (11-mile) pipeline that serves CNOOC Ltd's Long Lake oil sands project.

Enbridge said it had also shut down two other major oil pipelines serving Canada's oil sands region as a precaution while the company investigates the cause of the spill.

(Note: 750 Barrels = 31,500 GALLONS)

Dang.... Don't you hate it when that happens.... (And this is just the stuff that's happened since March OF THIS YEAR....)

LadyJazzer wrote: And, another entry in the "rail vs. pipeline" discussion:

Gas line spills 25,000 gallons on Montana tribal land
July 5, 2013 at 7:38 PM ET

UPDATED: A Phillips 66 pipeline with a record of prior accidents spilled an estimated 25,000 gallons of gasoline in a remote area outside a small town on Montana's Crow Indian Reservation, but no public health problems were anticipated, federal officials said Friday.

A representative of the Houston-based oil refinery and chemical company said the amount of leaked gas likely was less than initially reported, although no alternate figure was offered. The initial estimate came from a report submitted by the company to the government's National Response Center.

Hey, it's only gasoline; it's supposedly 'in a remote area'; and it's Indians...(Didn't we sell them some infected blankets awhile back?)

I seem to remember some protestors being arrested for violating the taxation laws of King George. Civil disobedience is a great thing isn't it? Hence the folks of OWS.....

Exxon pipeline breaks spilling 84,000 gallons of Canadian crude oil near Arkansas lake
March 29, 2013

On Friday, the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline, which brings Canadian crude oil from Illinois to Texas, ruptured, leaking at least 80,000 gallons of oil into the Central Arkansas town of Mayflower.

It was a rough start to the Easter holiday weekend after an oil spill struck in Mayflower. Authorities said as many as 40 homes had to be evacuated Friday afternoon.

(NOTE: The estimate of the damage has now been upgraded to "10,000 Barrels"...What's that?...Roughly 420,000 gallons, give or take? )

Dang.... Don't you hate it when that happens....

Apache spill is one of Alberta's largest pipeline ruptures
Published June 12, 2013 01:40 pm

Nearly a dozen days after the fact, Alberta's tardy energy regulator has reported that a ruptured pipeline owned by Apache has spilled nearly 60,000 barrels of contaminated water near Zama City, Alberta.

A pipeline carrying "produced water" from an oil field to a waste injection site broke on June 1, contaminating 42 hectares of muskeg.

Produced water can be highly saline and contain a variety of petroleum toxins as well as heavy metals.

Neither Apache nor the regulator, the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB), has released any information on the toxicity of the produced water or why the pipeline failed.

(Note: 60,000 barrels = 2,520,000 GALLONS)

Dang.... Don't you hate it when that happens....

Fresh ExxonMobil pipeline spill hits Missouri
May 02, 2013 02:03

While questions over the severity of ExxonMobil’s March 29 oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas still remain, the same pipeline has now ruptured, this time to the north, in Missouri.

The 70-year-old Pegasus pipeline, which released thousands of barrels of tar sands oil in Arkansas, has now caused another, albeit far smaller incident in Ripley County, Missouri, 200 miles north of Mayflower, Arkansas.

A resident notified ExxonMobil after spotting a patch of oil and dead vegetation in their yard outside the town of Doniphan, according to Reuters.

Originally built in the late 1940s, the Pegasus is now the subject of severe scrutiny, as many environmentalists argue that the increased corrosive impact of transporting tar sands oil presents a greater concern than other forms of oil. It is worth noting that the pipeline was shut down following the Arkansas spill, and leaked in Missouri despite being out of operation.

Dang.... Don't you hate it when that happens....

Enbridge shuts 3 pipelines after synthetic crude spill
Sunday, June 23, 2013 05:31 AM EDT

CALGARY, Alberta - Enbridge Inc, Canada's largest pipeline company, was investigating on Sunday the cause of a 750-barrel spill of synthetic crude that forced it to shut three oil pipelines in northern Alberta.

The company said recent heavy rains in the region may have resulted in ground movements that affected the pipeline. It is working with regulators to assess the cause.

The rupture on Line 37 was spotted in the early hours of Saturday morning near Enbridge's Cheecham terminal, about 70 km (43 miles) southeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Enbridge declined to comment on the size of the 17-km (11-mile) pipeline that serves CNOOC Ltd's Long Lake oil sands project.

Enbridge said it had also shut down two other major oil pipelines serving Canada's oil sands region as a precaution while the company investigates the cause of the spill.

(Note: 750 Barrels = 31,500 GALLONS)

Dang.... Don't you hate it when that happens.... (And this is just the stuff that's happened since March OF THIS YEAR....)

Yes LJ, it's much more environnmentally safe to transport Canadian oil by train to the coast, then by ship to China. i'm sure that will work out much better in the long run. :Whistle

LJ doesn't need gasoline. She drives a Tesla...made out of petroleum products.

And, as usual, and as expected... You have no answer; no FACTS; no comments relevant to what was posted; nothing but insults and deflection...

Gee, Fred, you get more irrelevant by the day... You're in that hole again... You should stop digging.

Imagine my surprise.... :Snooze

Rick wrote: Yes LJ, it's much more environnmentally safe to transport Canadian oil by train to the coast, then by ship to China. i'm sure that will work out much better in the long run. :Whistle

It's all going to China anyway.....at least a tank car has a finite amount of oil in it......a pipeline can dump a lot of oil in a very short time.

archer wrote:

Rick wrote: Yes LJ, it's much more environnmentally safe to transport Canadian oil by train to the coast, then by ship to China. i'm sure that will work out much better in the long run. :Whistle

It's all going to China anyway.....at least a tank car has a finite amount of oil in it......a pipeline can dump a lot of oil in a very short time.

So, I'm glad they finally admit that the Canadian oil was never intended for U.S. consumption in the first place; and that it will have ZERO impact on U.S. prices... We all knew it was a lie, but it's good to see them admit it... :thumbsup:

Ooops... [whirr][click] ...

Oh, yeah... "train wreck"... (Let's don't talk about the fact that the oil is headed for China...)

"Investigators still were trying on Monday to locate about 40 people who were involved in a fatal train wreck over the weekend in a small Canadian town.

The official death toll of five hasn’t changed, one police spokesman said, but the whereabouts of 40 is still not known, Agence France-Presse said."


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..."Volunteer firefighters in nearby Nantes had been called about 11:30 p.m. Friday to extinguish a blaze in one of the five locomotives, Fire Chief Patrick Lambert toldThe Montreal Gazette.

He told Reuters that firefighters had shut down the locomotive while they battled the fire, which was apparently caused by a broken oil or fuel line. But the train's crew had left the engine idling to keep the air brakes pressurized so the train wouldn't roll, said Ed Burkhardt, chairman of Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway.

Lambert said the local railway dispatcher was contacted to report the engine fire had been put out. "We told them what we did and how we did it," he said.

"There was no discussion of the brakes at that time," he added."...


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