To: elli1
Definitely appears to be considerable foot-dragging going on. SOP is for the repair section to be fabricated while the prep work is going on. After the repaired section is installed, then the line needs to be hydrostatically tested to check for leaks, then drained and the gas gets turned on slowly & the line is brought up to pressure. Normally, this is a 24/7, balls to the wall situ.
In another article it was reported that after fixing the pipe it developed a leak, which called for them to flush the pipe prior to fixing said leak to avoid an explosion. The foot-dragging is actually propaganda to make the Russians look bad.
3 posted on
01/27/2006 5:41:48 AM PST by
GarySpFc
(De Oppresso Liber)
To: GarySpFc
4 posted on
01/27/2006 6:54:34 AM PST by
elli1
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