Posted on 11/01/2013 6:01:49 AM PDT by thackney
You don’t know much about trees and the relationship to oil was just plain silly.
Have you ever thought about taking a class in reading comprehension?
If not you should.
You make less and less sense with each comment.
Logic 101 would might benefit you. You made a bizarre comment, trying to connect dead trees, hit by lightning to an oil spill that may have been caused by lightning. Then you proceeded to try to explain it.
Wow, that is a lot of oil. Seven and a half acres. How did that go unnoticed for so long? There is no excuse for that. It makes the whole industry look bad.
No I didn’t, which is why you need reading comprehension.
Large fields of crops are often not patrolled. With a good crop cover, it could be well hidden.
But, I read in another article that there were no crops in those fields. Is that not true?
I was thinking later that this new explanation of a lightning strike or some other electrical event could suggest that they suspect some kind of sabotage. Is that possible? They also mention a nearby fence, was the fence electrified?
I have been the lead Electrical and Instrumentation design engineer for multiple pipelines and associated pump/compressor stations in the US. I have never seen such connected to the pipeline itself. Those are used for above ground items associated with the pipeline like a compressor or controls building. The pipeline will have electrically isolating material where it comes out of the ground, gasket for the flanges and sleeves/washers for the bolts.
If a pipe line leaks would there be a difference in temperature ? Is it possible to put cheap temperature monitors along the pipe lines to detect a change in temperature ?
The temperature inside the pipe typically will match that outside the pipe over time.
Have they ruled out sabotage from greenies ?
I have posted what I have found. Never saw that discussed as a possibility. It is tough to sabotage a pipeline from below grade without disturbing the soil.
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