So What Happens to the Wabasca Heavy in Nederland?
In Nederland, which is part of the greater Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan area along the Gulf coast of Texas, Wabasca Heavy will leave the pipeline for processing at one of the many local refineries.
Does Diluted Bitumen/Dilbit Corrode Pipelines Faster than Other Oil?
The answer is in dispute.
Environmental groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) say dilbit corrosion is greater, based in part on the fact that pipelines carrying dilbit oil have spilled 3.6 times more oil that the U.S. average. A study by the Alberta government concluded that dilbit oil causes more pipeline failures than conventional oil. These arguments address somewhat different questions. The U.S. National Academies of Science [7]has[7] a committee studying the question, but have so far been hampered by the unwillingness of pipeline companies to share sufficient data.
Has Dilbit Oil Ever Spilled Before?
Of course, although records are not comprehensive. The most notable diluted bitumen spill in recent history was in 2010 when an Enbridge owned-and-operated pipeline burst and dumped an unknown amount of tar sands oil into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan, polluting some 40 miles of river and wetlands.
The Kalamazoo River cleanup is now in its third year and has cost more than $800 million so far.
Next Page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
2
1
1
