No mention of the Keystone Pipeline leak?

[ralphc1]

There were several threads over a year ago on the Keystone pipeline. Environmentalists warned of oil spills and there has been one that was discovered Saturday April 2 2016 . It was initially reported as a 187 gallon spill in an underground section of the pipeline in South Dakota. It has since been updated to 16,800 gallons. Since this is an underground spill it will probably be a long time before we find out where the oil went and if it contaminated the local water supply.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/07/news/keystone-oil-spill-south-dakota/index.html

 

[Fatchops]

 

[MadSquabbles500]

Since it went back underground cant we just drill and suck it back up again?

edit: nevermind this is refined oil. I did not even realize they completed the dam thing.

 

[ralphc1]

Since it went back underground cant we just drill and suck it back up again?

edit: nevermind this is refined oil. I did not even realize they completed the dam thing.

It apparently isn't refined refined. They use the pipeline to send it to a refinery. Since it's so thick it has to be put under high pressure to move it. Who knows how far that pressure can push it when it's leaking.

 

[AmazingGebi]

Are there any independent companies that study the effects of this long term?

Who is in charge of letting them do this shit?

 

[jefferz]

Since it went back underground cant we just drill and suck it back up again?

edit: nevermind this is refined oil. I did not even realize they completed the dam thing.

The Keystone has been there for awhile, it's the Keystone XL that was debate.

It apparently isn't refined refined. They use the pipeline to send it to a refinery. Since it's so thick it has to be put under high pressure to move it. Who knows how far that pressure can push it when it's leaking.

It's canadian tar sand oil, nowhere near refined. They actually have to cut it down to put run it in the pipe.

 

[Skip Reming]

The Keystone has been there for awhile, it's the Keystone XL that was debate.

e.

If the pipeline was XL like my pipe we would not have this leak. It is like putting a regular sized condom when you need a magnum, shit get ripped up. Thanks Obama.

 

[jefferz]

If the pipeline was XL like my pipe we would not have this leak. It is like putting a regular sized condom when you need a magnum, shit get ripped up. Thanks Obama.

And if the rest of the country was at the same intellectual level as you, we'd all be fucked.

 

[Skip Reming]

And if the rest of the country was at the same intellectual level as you, we'd all be fucked.

Pretty sure this isn't true. I came from poor as fuck and being the first in my family to go to college to making over 100K. Plus I can actually make a thread giving supporting evidence for my opinions.

I think you are projecting on your own failure aka your life

 

[lifelessheap]

Dim witted lefties would rather ship oil by train car which is infinitely worse and way more dangerous.

That looks mighty fine for the environment, and never mind all the people that have died.

 

[AnGrYcRoW]

Dim witted lefties would rather ship oil by train car which is infinitely worse and way more dangerous.

That looks mighty fine for the environment, and never mind all the people that have died.

Lol oil pipeline leak = lefties are bad ..... ok pal whatever

 

[Banchan]

I've noticed there seems to be a bit of panic in American reporting versus a bit of calm in Canadian reporting .

I read about it the moment it happened but the theme canadian news agencies seemed to be reporting is that the company has a history of safety and that there was minimal impact on the environment .

Environment
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/calgary/transcanada-restart-keystone-1.3528149

Cooper said there's no significant environmental impact or threat to public safety from the leak, which was reported last Saturday.



"The small amount of surface oil was contained using earth berms and absorbent material," Cooper said in an email Friday.

"There are no significant bodies of water nearby."



Brian Walsh, an environmental scientist with the South Dakota Department of Natural Resources, said the impact seems to be limited to soil in and around the pipeline.

"We have not had any impacts to aquifers, and no impact to surface water in terms of oil getting into a creek or stream," Walsh said Friday.



Walsh said the contaminated soil is being removed, and any water that comes in contact with contaminated material is also being captured and removed.

Saftey
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/busines...e-south-dakota-safety-restart-image-1.3523398

TransCanada has taken much pride in its safety record with Keystone. Since it began operations in 2010, the only incidents have occurred at pumping stations, not from the pipeline itself. On June 26, 2015, TransCanada had transported one billion barrels of oil without any cracks or leaks on the pipe.

"Our goal is always zero incidence, but unfortunately from time to time these things do happen," said Cooper. "We're disappointed this has happened but we are confident in what our response has been so far."

The response included immediately shutting down the pipeline and quickly notifying landowners, regulators and governments.

 

[lifelessheap]

Lol oil pipeline leak = lefties are bad ..... ok pal whatever

Pipelines are so much more safe than shipping oil by train.

Fuck off with your bullshit. You must be a lib.

 

[AnGrYcRoW]

Pipelines are so much more safe than shipping oil by train.

Fuck off with your bullshit. You must be a lib.

Your post had very little if anything to do with the op, you're one of these guys who polute every second thread with partisan bull shit with the only outcome being to derail any kind of fruitful discussion, its fecking cancerous

 

[jefferz]

Pipelines are so much more safe than shipping oil by train.

Fuck off with your bullshit. You must be a lib.

Train tracks are already at capacity up in the Bakken. Amtrak was running vans through oil country for awhile because the trains would be so late. I sat in one town 30 miles away from my destination for 6.5 hours before I finally called someone to come get me.

 

[lifelessheap]

Train tracks are already at capacity up in the Bakken. Amtrak was running vans through oil country for awhile because the trains would be so late. I sat in one town 30 miles away from my destination for 6.5 hours before I finally called someone to come get me.

Yet people in this thread call me out because I pointed out how dangerous and expensive it is to ship oil by rail. The idiot who quoted me said I was off topic because I showed how dangerous and dumb it is to ship oil by rail vs pipe.

Whatever. Stay safe dude. Suck that you can't get to where you want to go because of dumb oil shipments

 

[rearnakedchoke]

If the pipeline was XL like my pipe we would not have this leak. It is like putting a regular sized condom when you need a magnum, shit get ripped up. Thanks Obama.

Pics or gtfo

Seriously tho ... Condoms?

 

[ehtheist]

You know, I actually don't mind people being against pipelines so much. The problem arises when they are only against one or two pipelines and utterly ignore the thousands of miles of pipeline laid in the past 8 years while they've been busy screaming that Keystone is going to end the world. This includes the myriad pipelines that go through their neighborhoods, leading up to their houses, that directly facilitate their lifestyles every single day. All of the sudden, they don't care about pipelines all that much.

This and several other pipelines have become political props to manipulate a base which doesn't have the slightest fucking clue about pipelines beyond what they're told about roughly three pipelines.

Then there's the issue of the people screaming about pipelines not considering the alternatives... I mean, look at this very thread. Someone starts talking about the major practical alternative having a whole slew of problems too and he's practically being chased out of the thread. This whole issue is third only to climate change science and pro-choice/pro-life stuff for being a politicized mess.

Edit: Welcome to pipelines in America. This is only the big ones though, not including the countless thousands of miles of pipelines snaking through your very neighborhoods, which likely dwarf this piddly amount. Get protesting. With how much people are butthurt over one particular pipeline which would constitute a *tiny* fraction of what's shown here, you people have a lot of outrage to get public about. Let me know how it goes when the ones supplying your lifestyle shuts down - or are you just going to protest the ones on the other end of the country?

 

[CableandThanos]

Lol oil pipeline leak = lefties are bad ..... ok pal whatever

re you go slurpin those balls again, gotta constantly defend your side don't you.

 

[glennrod]

I'd be more worried about the Yellowstone seismographs being taken offline..in fact, i am