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Saturday, October 19, 2013

North Dakota Largest US Pipeline Oil Spills 20,000 Barrels

North Dakota Largest US Pipeline Oil Spills 20,000 Barrels
Energy Incidents

Related:  2013 Mayflower Arkansas Oil / Tar Sands Spill


Farmer Steve Jensen was harvesting wheat on his land in North Dakota when he discovered a leak covering the area of 7 football fields six inches deep on Sept. 29, 2013, but was not reported to the public until 2 weeks later. The massive spill of over 20,000 barrels of oil has been called the largest pipeline leak on U.S. soil, and may take 2 or 3 years to clean up until the land can produce wheat again. The Tesoro spill was four times larger than a pipeline rupture in late March that happened north of Little Rock, Arkansas.

The farmer said that the leak was from a 'perfectly round, quarter-inch hole' producing 'about 100 pounds pressure'. The hole has no known cause, though state authorities speculate corrosion may be to blame. The 20 year old pipeline had been inspected in 2005 and on by an automated "pig" on Sept. 10-11 of this year, though it wasn't after the leak that it was announced that the data indicated some anomalies in performance. The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration also inspected the pipeline in late 2010. The hole in the 20-year-old pipeline was a quarter-inch in diameter in the 6-inch-diameter steel pipeline which runs underground 35 miles from the Bakken rock formation at Tioga to a rail facility outside of Columbus. Tesoro acquired the pipeline when it bought an oil refinery in Mandan in 2001. The pipeline is buried six feet below the surface above a clay layer about 12 feet below which would block any leakage of oil below that. The area of the crude-oil release was estimated at 7.3 acres. It spill was expected to cost Tesoro 2 million dollars. Greenpeace used the rare incident to condemn use of fossil fuels, telling Fox News "As long as we let oil companies keep us locked into these forms of extreme fossil fuels, we'll continue to see spills like these"

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2462697/Farmer-discovered-oil-inches-deep-land-fails-strike-rich--crude-came-burst-pipeline-largest-spill-U-S-history.html#ixzz2iHcjqCKY
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2462697/Farmer-discovered-oil-inches-deep-land-fails-strike-rich--crude-came-burst-pipeline-largest-spill-U-S-history.html
America's worst oil-spill on land: Burst pipe-line leaves farmer's fields six inches deep in crude
Steve Jensen found oil on his South Dakota farm while harvesting wheat
Crude came bubbling from pipeline with a 'quarter-inch hole' in it
Farmer cannot grow crops on his land for two or three years after spill
By HUGO GYE
PUBLISHED: 05:00 EST, 16 October 2013 | UPDATED: 07:33 EST, 16 October 2013

Comment: Colin, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom, 3 days ago
"A perfectly round 1/4 inch hole" ? Holes caused by corrosion or ruptures are never regular, never mind "perfectly round". I think I would be asking to look at his tool boxes and tractor tool such as harrow or seed-drill. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2462697/Farmer-discovered-oil-inches-deep-land-fails-strike-rich--crude-came-burst-pipeline-largest-spill-U-S-history.html#ixzz2iHd6pp8Z 
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This is from the original story that DM stole this from: "San Antonio-based Tesoro Logistics, which owns the 20-year-old North Dakota pipeline, said Tuesday that it will repair and replace a 200-foot section of the tube"


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2462697/Farmer-discovered-oil-inches-deep-land-fails-strike-rich--crude-came-burst-pipeline-largest-spill-U-S-history.html#ixzz2iHdI12EK
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http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/10/10/tesoro-reports-larger-leak-from-oil-pipeline/
No surface water or groundwater is threatened,” Fewless said. The leak “is on top of a hill in a wheat field. So it’s as good a situation as we can hope for when you have a leak.”
The leak came from a Tesoro Logistics pipeline that’s buried about six feet below the surface. There is a clay layer about 12 feet below the surface, so “any release would go to that clay and then stop. It’s a natural barrier,” Fewless said.
The clean-up “will take awhile,” he said, because the area of the crude-oil release is estimated at 7.3 acres, he said.


    1. Huffington Post ‎- 15 hours ago
      Oct 17 (Reuters) - Tesoro Logistics LP on Thursday said it detected anomalies during an inspection of its 20-year-old North Dakota pipeline ...

  2. ND Wants Answers on Ruptured Pipeline Inspections - ABC News

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    3 days ago - North Dakota officials are trying to determine if Tesoro Corp. knew about potential problems — including one deemed "serious" in documents ...

  3. North Dakota Pipeline Spill Estimates 'A Guess' At Best After 20,000 ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com/.../north-dakota-oil-spill_n_4105837....‎

    by Nick Visser
    3 days ago - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Scientists who helped calculate oilspilled from a broken BP well into the Gulf of Mexico are questioning the ...

  4. Tesoro detected anomalies on North Dakota pipeline before spill ...

    www.reuters.com/.../tesoro-spill-northdakota-idUSL1N0I71QW2013101...‎

    2 days ago - Oct 17 (Reuters) - Tesoro Logistics LP on Thursdaysaid it detected anomalies during an inspection of its20-year-old North Dakota pipeline days ...

  5. Tesoro detected anomalies on North Dakota line before spill ...

    news.yahoo.com/tesoro-detected-anomalies-north-dakota-pipeline-spill-1...‎

    2 days ago - From Yahoo News: (Reuters) - Tesoro Logistics LP detected anomalies during an inspection of its 20-year-old North Dakota pipeline just days ...

  6. Tesoro Logistics Pipeline Spills 20,000 Barrels in North Dakota ...

    online.wsj.com/.../SB1000142405270230338200457912760410835451...‎

    A Tesoro Logistics crude pipeline spilled about 20000 barrels of oil in a rural field in northwest North Dakota, in what appears to be the largest spill in the Bakken ...

  7. Scientists question 20,000-barrel North Dakota oil spill estimate ...

    www.foxnews.com/.../scientists-question-20000-barrel-north-dakota-oil-...‎

    4 days ago - Scientists question 20,000-barrel North Dakota oil spill estimate ... which owns the 20-year-old North Dakota pipeline, said Tuesday that it will  ...

  8. Images for north dakota pipeline spill

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  9. North Dakota Pipeline Oil Spill - Killing Ground In North ... - Esquire

    www.esquire.com › Blogs › The Politics Blog‎

    3 days ago - Because it is a pipeline, and pipelines burst, this one burst.

  10. ND wants answers on ruptured pipeline inspections | CNS News

    cnsnews.com/news/.../nd-wants-answers-ruptured-pipeline-inspections‎

    3 days ago - Pipeline Break North Dakota. FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2013 file photo, cleanup work is seen at the site of an oil pipeline leak and spill beyond an  ...

  11. North Dakota wants answers on pipeline leak - THonline.com ...

    www.thonline.com/.../article_30d9d70c-4065-57ec-a7df-07c664be847e....‎

    2 days ago - BISMARCK, N.D. -- North Dakota officials are trying to determine if Tesoro Corp. knew about potential problems -- including one deemed ...

  12. North Dakota farmer discovers largest oil spill on U.S. soil in the ...

    www.nydailynews.com/.../farmer-field-largest-oil-spill-u-s-soil-article-1....‎

    3 days ago - Steve Jensen discovered an oil spill on his land in a remote area of North Dakota, due to a busted Tesoro Corp. pipeline running under his farm  ...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Ghost Train Crash in Chicago Needed 2 Keys To Start

Ghost Train Crash in Chicago Needed 2 Keys To Start
Train Accidents | Terroristic Incidents

48 injured
September 30, 2013 Ghost Train Crash in Chicago Needed 2 Keys To Start In Chicago, an out-of-service train somehow was set into motion and traveled without a driver for a half mile before it slammed into a full train which had stopped at a station, injuring 48 people were taken to about 10 area hospitals. It was thought to be a mechanical failure, but investigators also considered that someone could have deliberately set it in motion, as it requires a key to get into the driver booth, another key to start the train. A driver is required to release the brake, and a dead-man switch stops the train if there is no operator. There are switch safeguards to keep the train from entering the main track.

Authorities in Chicago are investigating the cause behind Monday's train crash, in which an out-of-service train slammed into a full train stopped at a station. Officials said that while the incident was likely mechanical failure, they were considering the possibility that it was "deliberately set in motion." Read more: http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/09/30/Chicago-train-crash-deliberately-set-in-motion/6771380570521/#ixzz2jmpUgQkr

The train did not start itself. Somebody had to start it.

You don't need evidence of who did it to figure out that somebody did it, and it doesn't take much guessing what sort of people might have had the motive and capability to do it if they had somebody do an inside job.

Multiple safety systems had to be deliberately defeated:
not one, but two keys are needed to operate the train. 
you would need a CTA universal key for the cab door and a second one to operate the master controller.
Without a driver, the friction brakes would be on while the train would be stationed in the yard. 
Even if the key turns power on in the train, a human operator needs to release the brakes. 
That is what CTA operators call a “dead man control,” and the operator would need to use both hands to deactivate the dead man switch.
October 1st, 2013, 08:09 GMT · By 
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Chicago Train Crash: Train Rode for 0.5 Mile (0.8 Km) with No Driver, Video Shows Impact

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A reconstruction video of yesterday's train crash in Chicago shows the moment of impact between a runaway train, with no driver aboard, and a stationed train filled with passengers. 
The clip has been uploaded by Malay Mail Online. The “ghost train” rode for half a mile (0.8 km) with nobody noticing before crashing, Chicago Tribune reported.

 Robert Kelly, president of the CTA rail workers union, gives more details on the Chicago Train Crash. He explains that it is hard to believe that this is a malfunction, as not one, but two keys are needed to operate the train.  He elaborates that you would need a CTA universal key for the cab door and a second one to operate the master controller.

 Without a driver, the friction brakes would be on while the train would be stationed in the yard. Even if the key turns power on in the train, a human operator needs to release the brakes. 

 That is what CTA operators call a “dead man control,” and the operator would need to use both hands to deactivate the dead man switch.

 That cannot be done while moving, because it would turn off an automatic brake system and the train would stop.




http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/30/us/chicago-train-crash/index.html

  • Investigators are not characterizing the incident as a runaway train at this point, Steele said.



- A Chicago commuter train that was parked in a service yard somehow moved onto a rail line and smashed into an oncoming train early Monday, injuring dozens of people.
How it happened is a mystery. "I don't know the last time, if ever, that this has happened" on the Chicago Transit Authority system, spokesman Brian Steele said.
There are "more questions than answers" about the incident in Forest Park, Illinois, he said.
At least 48 people were injured; 33 of them were transported to hospitals, Forest Park Mayor Anthony Calderone told CNN affiliate WLS. They are believed to have minor injuries.

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Dozens injured in Chicago train crash
A central question: whether anyone had climbed on board the empty train and set it in motion.
"In order for a train to move, it has to be energized," said Ronald Ester, vice president of CTA Rail Operations.

"We call it unlocking the master controller," he said. The train would have needed to be placed in power position manually



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Train mysteriously runs loose in Chicago, injuring dozens

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A Chicago commuter train that was parked in a service yard somehow moved onto a rail line and smashed into an oncoming train early Monday, injuring dozens of people. A central question: whether anyone had climbed on board the empty train and set it in motion. 'In order for a train to move, it has to be energized,' said Ronald Ester, vice president of CTA Rail Operations. 'We call it unlocking the master controller,' he said. The train would have needed to be placed in power position manually.
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