Meanwhile, Rebecca Penty and Mike Lee describe TransCanada’s reluctance to implement new high-tech leak detection technology for the Keystone pipeline: TransCanada Corp. (TRP), which says Keystone XL will be the safest pipeline ever built, isn’t planning to use infrared sensors or fiber-optic cables to detect spills along the system’s 2,000-mile (3,200-kilometer) path to Texas refineries from fields in Alberta. … Though the so-called external leak detection tools have been recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline, the Calgary-based company says they’re impractical for the entire project. dish.andrewsullivan/2013/06/19/a-catastrophe-for-keystone/
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:31:07 +0000
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