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Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: safefor you and me ()
Date: January 19, 2015 07:11PM

Montana officials said Sunday that an oil pipeline breach spilled up to 50,000 gallons of oil into the Yellowstone River near Glendive, but they said they are unaware of any threats to public safety or health.

The Bridger Pipeline Co. said the spill occurred about 10 a.m. Saturday. The initial estimate is that 300 to 1,200 barrels of oil spilled, the company said in a statement Sunday.

Some of the oil did get into the water, but the area where it spilled was frozen over and that could help reduce the impact, said Dave Parker, a spokesman for Gov. Steve Bullock.

“We think it was caught pretty quick, and it was shut down,” Parker said. “The governor is committed to making sure the river is cleaned up.”

Bridger Pipeline Co. said in the statement that it shut down the 10-inch-wide pipeline shortly before 11 a.m. Saturday. “Our primary concern is to minimize the environmental impact of the release and keep our responders safe as we clean up from this unfortunate incident,” said Tad True, vice president of Bridger.

The EPA and state Department of Environmental Quality have responded to the area about 9 miles upriver from Glendive, Parker said.

An ExxonMobil Corp. pipeline broke near Laurel during flooding in July 2011, releasing 63,000 gallons of oil that washed up along an 85-mile stretch of riverbank.

Montana officials are trying to determine if oil could have been trapped by sediment and debris and settled into the riverbed.

ExxonMobil is facing state and federal fines of up to $3.4 million from the spill. The company has said it spent $135 million on the cleanup and other work.

Montana and federal officials notified Exxon that they intend to seek damages for injuries to birds, fish and other natural resources from the 2011 spill. The company also is being asked to pay for long-term environmental studies and for lost opportunities for fishing and recreation during and since the cleanup.



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Re: Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: Gerrymanderer2 ()
Date: January 19, 2015 07:21PM

Wait until the Keystone XL contaminates the aquifer. Generations of Americans will be cursing stupid Republicans.

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Re: Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: Net Roots ()
Date: January 19, 2015 07:26PM

While this is certainly not a good thing, before all the libtards go nuts you should know that 50,000 gallons is not a lot in comparison. The standard oil barrel in the US and Canada is 42 gallons, meaning this spill equals about 1,190 barrels.

To put that in perspective, in 2013 (last full year for which I could find data) there pipelines in the US transported 8.3 BILLION barrels of oil.

All things being constant, this spill represents 0.000014% of that.

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Re: Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: dumbass libturdz ()
Date: January 19, 2015 07:27PM

Gerrymanderer2 Wrote:
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> Wait until the Keystone XL contaminates the
> aquifer. Generations of Americans will be cursing
> stupid Republicans.

You mean just like they will about Obama?

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Re: Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: If we build it they will come ()
Date: January 19, 2015 07:37PM

Bill Clinton says build the Keystone Pipeline.

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Re: Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: Oil Slick ()
Date: January 19, 2015 07:38PM

Obama is holding the XL Pipeline up as a bargaining chip.
It will be built.
But Republicans are going to have to eat some crow first.

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Re: Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: EGuCy ()
Date: January 19, 2015 07:49PM

Even 1 gallon is too much! Think of the children!

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Re: Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: If we build it they will come ()
Date: January 19, 2015 08:09PM

Warren Buffett says build the Keystone Pipeline.

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Re: Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: Keith Stone ()
Date: January 19, 2015 08:16PM

The global market for oil is taking care of the pipeline for now. Not that crude prices will stay this low forever, but at these prices it's a whole lot less economically viable. Eco-nazis should pray for oil prices to stay low. That is if they worshiped a god other than climatology.

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Re: Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: one rail car worth.... ()
Date: January 19, 2015 08:40PM

Yawn

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Re: Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: Vu7mM ()
Date: January 19, 2015 11:02PM

Keith Stone Wrote:
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> The global market for oil is taking care of the
> pipeline for now. Not that crude prices will stay
> this low forever, but at these prices it's a whole
> lot less economically viable. Eco-nazis should
> pray for oil prices to stay low. That is if they
> worshiped a god other than climatology.


Not really. They're building for 5 - 10 years out, not the market today.

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Re: Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: Bill.N. ()
Date: January 19, 2015 11:10PM

Which is better, leaks from a pipeline or leaks from railroad tank cars. The answer is NEITHER. What certain environmentalists don't want to admit is that failing to build pipelines does not mean the oil isn't being pumped. It simply means that the oil is travelling by means other than pipelines. So rather than profits for pipeline owners you are seeing profits for railroads.

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Re: Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: Gerrymanderer2 ()
Date: January 19, 2015 11:59PM

Oil Slick Wrote:
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> Obama is holding the XL Pipeline up as a
> bargaining chip.
> It will be built.
> But Republicans are going to have to eat some crow
> first.


Eat crow bitches! The days of nice Liberals looking to compromise are over. Fuck you, what can you do for me?

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Re: Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: Political News. ()
Date: January 20, 2015 09:32AM

Gerrymanderer2 Wrote:
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> Oil Slick Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Obama is holding the XL Pipeline up as a
> > bargaining chip.
> > It will be built.
> > But Republicans are going to have to eat some
> crow
> > first.
>
>
> Eat crow bitches! The days of nice Liberals
> looking to compromise are over. Fuck you, what can
> you do for me?


So are you saying that the democrat party is now the party of NO?

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Re: Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: "Which is better" ()
Date: January 20, 2015 10:37AM

Er, no. Remote rail car locations are far more difficult to clean/restore than pipelines - esp. in the area under discussion.

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Re: Build XL PIPELINE NOW!! Pipeline breach spills oil into Yellowstone River
Posted by: A River runs through it ()
Date: January 20, 2015 05:27PM

If a river ain't got no oil in it then it ain't no American River. And that's the fact.
I only buy American.

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