That is really disappointing. The 30-year old Alaska pipeline just had it’s worse spill ever at about 250,000 gallons last spring - corroded pipe.
Hard to believe a new pipe could have such a leak. I wouldn’t put it past the environmentalist to have messed with it - although if that was the case the company would have mentioned it. I’m glad that it appears the spill was fairly contained.
And to put some perspective to it - the Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude.
The Eco-Terrorists have been getting better at their sabotage, making it more difficult to identify.
They know the media will hysterically report the leak and barely mention the root cause weeks later.
“”Hard to believe a new pipe could have such a leak.””
They can and rather easily under the right conditions. Hydrogen Sulfide (Sour Crude) is very corrosive to steel and allot of the Canadian oil is sour. I’ve had it eat holes through the casing on wells less than 3 years old. With that said I’d have to see the actual leak before claiming that’s what happen. The pipe used is coated internally and externally except for the area to be welded and then it’s cleaned up, coated and many times wrapped before burial. Where they get in trouble many times is not the line itself but where they tie into the line, this can’t be coated on the inside so bare metal is exposed. to corrosive H2s.
The Transalaska pipeline is 40+ years old.
The leak in the OP is not Keystone XL.