Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A 30-inch diameter gas pipeline operating at about 960 psi, weakened by atmospheric corrosion, ruptured, and tore out about 29 feet (8.8 m) of the carrier pipe, blew apart about 16 feet (4.9 m) of a 36-inch casing pipe, blasted an opening across Kentucky State Highway 90, and cut out a pear-shaped crater approximately 90 feet (27 m) long, 38 ...
October 21 – Two workers bleeding a gas pipeline, in Santa Clarita, California, were injured when gas vapors were ignited, and, one of them later died from the injuries. [97] November 19 – A gas pipeline exploded and burned near Warrenton, Virginia. The blast created a crater 40 feet (12 m) long, 10 feet (3.0 m) wide, and 6 feet (1.8 m) deep.
A gas pipeline being tested with compressed air exploded at a seam on the pipe in Cincinnati, Ohio, injuring 8. [162] A portion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System pipeline east of Fairbanks, Alaska was ruptured by an explosive device. Crude oil spilled in a 600-foot (180 m) diameter spot. [163]
January 21, 2019 - A 30-inch diameter natural gas pipeline owned by Enbridge exploded in Noble County, Ohio at approximately 10:40 a.m.. The pipeline was built in the 1950s, and last inspected in the 1980s prior to the explosion. Still under investigation, corrosion is the presumed cause. [119]
The closest the pipeline gets to the city of Washington, Kansas is where it crosses U.S. Highway 36 between Sunflower Rd. and Thunder Rd. It intersects with Mill Creek several times just north of ...
The pipeline project was the longest, biggest and heaviest of its kind in the world. [25] In total, the Big Inch pipeline was 1,254 miles (2,018 km) long, with 222 miles (357 km) of secondary distribution and feeder lines, and had 28 pumping stations along the route, approximately every 50 miles (80 km). [26]
TC Energy has to be certain tar sands don’t make their way to Mill Creek, the Little Blue River or the Kaw. | Editorial
The spill occurred near the city of Washington, Kansas, and caused nationwide oil prices to rise temporarily. 14,000-barrel oil spill in Kansas temporarily shuts down Keystone Pipeline. Prices go up