Posted on Apr 23, 2023
The Keystone operator says design and construction flaws led to the Kansas oil spill
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The Canadian operator of the pipeline that burst in Washington County released its summary of an analysis it commissioned on the cause of the oil spill.
Stress put on the Keystone pipeline during construction, its operator said Friday, contributed significantly to it bursting in north-central Kansas.
TC Energy says an independent review shows the sequence of factors that led to the Keystone’s rupture in December that fouled a creek and spewed oil over cropland and prairie.
The ill-fated segment experienced “inadvertent bending stresses sufficient to initiate a crack” during its construction in 2011, the company said in a press release about the findings.
Stress put on the Keystone pipeline during construction, its operator said Friday, contributed significantly to it bursting in north-central Kansas.
TC Energy says an independent review shows the sequence of factors that led to the Keystone’s rupture in December that fouled a creek and spewed oil over cropland and prairie.
The ill-fated segment experienced “inadvertent bending stresses sufficient to initiate a crack” during its construction in 2011, the company said in a press release about the findings.
The Keystone operator says design and construction flaws led to the Kansas oil spill
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel if they had done it right, perhaps things would have tuned out different. Too much pressure on the and in the pipe can cause leaks.
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