From RT.com

Shell Pipeline, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, shut down their West Columbia, Texas, pipeline last Friday after electronic calculations conducted by the US National Response Center showed that upwards of 700 barrels had been lost, amounting to almost 30,000 gallons of crude oil.

I’ve been looking for more info. My favorite tidbit, so far comes from this Reuters article:

Shell Pipeline, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, said inspectors have found “no evidence” of a crude oil leak from a pipeline west of Houston that was shut on Friday after alarms indicated a possible breach, a spokeswoman said on Monday.

Question:

Does the oil industry hire blind inspectors with no sinuses?

The Kalamazoo rupture, which has left more than 30 miles of a major river polluted, wiped out 150 homes, and destroyed countless wildlife, was another instance of inspectors finding no leak. If one is blind and has no sense of smell, I can see missing the masses of thick black goo and its acrid stench. Anyone else, however, should notice, yes?

When I ask myself, which waterways and communities should we poison with a VT pipeline leak, I keep answering:

“Are you stupid? None of them.”

(Apparently, I have a very cynical and sarcastic inner voice.)

So, um, why does ANYONE consider pipelines to be a “good” idea in our state? I mean, besides those who profit directly from said oil – they’re obvious? Oh, and politicians whose political life’s blood comes from IV infusions of lobbyist cashola?

5 thoughts on “Another Pipeline Has Burst – This One in Texas”

And, since it’s Texas, where regulatory action is as extinct as the dodo bird, nothing will be done to investigate further.

oil spill, you’ve seen them all. Black oil as far as the eye can see, some plants, trees, shrubs, patches of soil bravely cling to a shortened life.

A river of black death slowly moving towards its victims. Wildlife, ecosystems, clean water sources, homes & property left uninhabitable until clean-up is accomplished which could take many years & is not a certainty. Media could just keep a file photo on hand & recycle it for the sure-to-come ruptures which are a given since metal is subject to the corrosive effects of moisture.

Sad.

what once was invested in keeping the infrastructure of the company going so that they could work into the future, ….. well, that cash is now going to inflating the salaries of the 1% and making the stock returns look good. so old crap cleanup is easier than putting safety and reliability first. We continue to move down the ladder of the developed world in terms of education, and infrastructure and services and infant mortality, and and and…. Where is the money going? Sure as heck not going back into OUR economy.