http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/08/31/business-energy-us-williams-pa\ rtners-pipeline_8652645.html Williams gets regulatory approval for pipeline...
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Hacksaw
mjhipcs
Sep 1, 2011 7:08 am
http://www.chron.com/business/article/Proposed-pipeline-rules-could-be-c\ ostly-2150237.php Proposed pipeline rules could be costly By ERIC...
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Hacksaw
mjhipcs
Sep 1, 2011 1:31 pm
For those not familiar, here a news piece on Frank Hopf's sentencing in 2003: http://www.komonews.com/news/archive/4096111.html ... furthest manually operated...
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RICHARD KUPREWICZ
kup12001
Sep 1, 2011 2:28 pm
To answer your question regarding the automatic valves on the Olympic Pipeline liquid transmission system, the answer for most of the system is yes. There was...
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Ken Meyer
roketkyot
Sep 1, 2011 3:47 pm
Ahhh! "Disinformers"! Good vocabulary enhancement. Actually, it smacks of a "Bushism" -- "evil-doers", etc. As for surging due to valve closure, can't that...
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bob Woolery
drbobwoolery
Sep 1, 2011 3:48 pm
Maintenance and replacement has been deferred as long as possible, to the benefit of the stockholders at the time. Now, many of these end-of-life systems have...
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Hacksaw
mjhipcs
Sep 1, 2011 4:55 pm
http://www.projo.com/news/environment/content/EAST_PROVIDENCE_OIL_SPILL_\ 09-01-11_H8Q2RK7_v54.62d12.html Excavator ruptures pipeline at East Providence site...
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RICHARD KUPREWICZ
kup12001
Sep 1, 2011 5:11 pm
Won't be the first word I have added to the english language. As to your question: As for surging due to valve closure, can't that be avoided by modulating...
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Sarah Spence
sarandithity@...
Sep 1, 2011 5:20 pm
Nice to "hear" you back on the board, Ken! I've always looked at Hopf's sentence as appropriate punishment for his quote to the press: "After all, the boys...
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Carl Weimer
cmweimerjr
Sep 1, 2011 5:46 pm
Toxicologist: Oil spill far more toxic than admitted Illnesses are common to all spills, she says By Todd A. Heywood | 09.01.11 | 9:41 am ...
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bob Woolery
drbobwoolery
Sep 1, 2011 5:59 pm
In a case like this, a Corporate Death Sentence might be in order. Revoke the corporate charter, seize the assets, let the stockholders take the loss. Let a...
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bob Woolery
drbobwoolery
Sep 1, 2011 6:58 pm
While I would love to have a cost plus contract to make the lines piggable by retrofitting modest pipe-bend angles and rates I cannot imagine how this could be...
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Ken Meyer
roketkyot
Sep 1, 2011 7:10 pm
So THAT''S where Eric Nalder went. The Pulitzer-winning former Investigative Reporter for the Seattle Times (or was it the PI, or both?). He wrote the book...
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zumath@...
tpropeos
Sep 1, 2011 7:14 pm
In a message dated 9/1/2011 10:59:42 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, drbob@... writes: BTW, how did the Companies manage to get to run at 80% of test...
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Ken Meyer
roketkyot
Sep 1, 2011 8:18 pm
Thanks, Sarah. Even while lurking (often with the Seattle City Council in my sights these days), I follow your learned posts religiously. Well, OK, if Frank...
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Ken Meyer
roketkyot
Sep 1, 2011 8:18 pm
Interesting observations, Bob. My position is that, if you can build the World Trade Center -- oops, make that the Empire State Building (which was hit by a...
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zumath@...
tpropeos
Sep 1, 2011 8:19 pm
I continue to remain skeptical of what I consider an over-emphasis on pigging every x years, especially in view of PHMSA's own studies of the causes of...
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bob Woolery
drbobwoolery
Sep 1, 2011 8:56 pm
Electricians mark and protect their conduit with red dyed concrete. Backfilling with dyed sand slurry could help provide immediate warning to the excavator...
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Michael Holmstrom
mjhipcs
Sep 2, 2011 11:58 am
It's interesting that PG&E is proposing that much of the costs of future safety improvements and testing will be passed onto ratepayers. It makes me wonder...
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Michael Holmstrom
mjhipcs
Sep 2, 2011 12:21 pm
With the troubles with getting good CP levels in rocky terrain, it may be good for pipelines to go back & dig up many of those areas. Plus, too many pipelines...
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Hacksaw
mjhipcs
Sep 2, 2011 12:25 pm
http://www.daily-times.com/ci_18810142 Bloomfield gas line repairs await investigationBy Ryan Boetel The Daily TimesPosted: 09/02/2011 01:00:00 AM MDT Click...
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Hacksaw
mjhipcs
Sep 2, 2011 1:15 pm
http://www.mercurynews.com/cupertino/ci_18809413 PG&E finds 7 gas leaks near Cupertino explosion that burned home By Mike Rosenberg mrosenberg@......
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Hacksaw
mjhipcs
Sep 2, 2011 1:16 pm
http://www.kpax.com/news/landowners-chime-in-on-exxonmobil-oil-spill-cle\ anup/ Landowners chime in on ExxonMobil oil spill cleanup Posted: Sep 2, 2011 6:28 AM...
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Hacksaw
mjhipcs
Sep 2, 2011 1:18 pm
http://wtvbam.com/news/articles/2011/sep/02/enbridge-to-replace-parts-of\ -pipeline/ Enbridge To Replace Parts of Pipeline Friday, September 02, 2011 7:02 a.m....
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bob Woolery
drbobwoolery
Sep 2, 2011 1:53 pm
The first line you reference terrifies me. Not the rocks, but operating a 1937 24 inch NG line at 800 psi when every other connection is a Dresser coupling! ...
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Carl Weimer
cmweimerjr
Sep 2, 2011 3:04 pm
Gore, governor team up to stop TransCanada pipeline By Sheldon Alberts, Postmedia News September 1, 2011 WASHINGTON — Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore and...
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Michael Holmstrom
mjhipcs
Sep 2, 2011 3:30 pm
Myself, I'd would also have all Dresser coupling lines replaced, as well as not allow uncoated pipelines for any energy products. There were 2 big spill...
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Michael Holmstrom
mjhipcs
Sep 2, 2011 3:48 pm
A little more on that pipeline: "The portion of the pipeline containing the failure is comprised of 24-inch diameter by 0.281 inch wall thickness, API 5L-X48,...
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Carl Weimer
carlweimer@...
Sep 3, 2011 5:19 am
PG&E assessing plastic pipe after Cupertino blast Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, September 2, 2011 (09-02) 20:22 PDT CUPERTINO -- Pacific...
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Hacksaw
mjhipcs
Sep 4, 2011 6:34 am
... his group stopped posting them on its website. New federal rules put in place just last month require utilities to develop a plan to identify where the...
