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Keystone XL: Project facing new conditions in U.S. over defects
Posted by Associated Press: Joan Lowy on May 27th, 2014
Associated Press: Safety regulators have quietly placed two extra conditions on construction of TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL oil pipeline after learning of potentially dangerous defects involving the southern leg of the Canada-to-Texas project. The defects—high rates of bad welds, dented pipe and damaged pipeline coating—have been fixed. But the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration in the United States wants to make sure similar problems don’t occur during construction of the pipeline’s...
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New safety requirements set for Keystone pipeline
Posted by Associated Press: Joan Lowy on May 27th, 2014
Associated Press: Safety regulators have quietly placed two extra conditions on construction of TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL oil pipeline after learning of potentially dangerous construction defects involving the southern leg of the Canada-to-Texas project.
The defects - high rates of bad welds, dented pipe and damaged pipeline coating - have been fixed. But the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration wants to make sure similar problems don't occur during construction of the pipeline's...
Feds: Oil From Dakota Fields Improperly Classified
Posted by Associated Press: Joan Lowy on February 4th, 2014
Associated Press: Government investigators have found crude oil being transported from North Dakota's Bakken region was misclassified in samples taken from 11 out of 18 truck shipments en route to rail loading stations, federal transportation officials said Tuesday. Hazardous materials shipments are supposed to be classified into one of nine categories depending on the risk involved. If the materials are misclassified, they could wind up being shipped in less protective rail tank cars and emergency personnel might...