My husband is a pipeline inspector and has worked on repairs or replacements for the major oil companies on lines that were not as old as this one and some that were older. The acceleration of corrosion can be caused by a number of factors, and this shutdown is not likely to be a plot by BP to drive up prices, as some are asserting here.
I agree. The pipe is an average of 3 1/2 inches thick.
There's apic of a pipe section on Drudge right. Completely shot. They will replace 73% of the pipeline. Going to be closed for a loooong time!
--this shutdown is not likely to be a plot by BP to drive up prices, as some are asserting here--
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not.
Jer. 5:21 KJV