Thursday, October 27, 2016

220 'Significant' Pipeline Spills Already This Year Exposes Troubling Safety Record

Good article showing why trusting pipelines to be safe is almost crazy and how over time they have proven to be anything but safe and dependable.

A significant incident is defined as one that results in serious injury or fatality, costs more than $50,000, releases more than five barrels of volatile fluids such as gasoline or 50 barrels of other liquids, or results in a fire or explosion.

326 in 2015, almost one per day
220 significent incidents so far this year
3,032 since 2006 with 4.7 billion in costs associated with 
55% of US pipeline is more than 45 years old



http://www.ecowatch.com/pipeline-spills-2061960029.html

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