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womanofthehills

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11. known for really bad welds - definitely no suprise

Reply to suffragette (Original post)

Fri Apr 8, 2016, 03:06 PM

Apr 2016

“From the start of welding,” the PHMSA wrote in a Sept. 26, 2013, letter (PDF), “TransCanada experienced a high weld rejection rate.” (That is, ultrasonic testing on the welds holding the pipes together determined they were not up to snuff.) “During the first week 26.8 percent of the welds required repairs, 32.0 percent the second week, 72.2 percent the third week, and 45.0 percent the fourth week. On September 25, 2012, TransCanada stopped the Spread 3 welding after 205 of the 425 welds, or 48.2 percent required repairs.”

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-05-30/the-real-reason-keystone-xl-might-fail

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Community reacts to Keystone leak - all connected downstream [View all] suffragette Apr 2016 OP

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Apr 2016 #1

There's no reason for this Rebkeh Apr 2016 #2

What are you saying?! gratuitous Apr 2016 #7

I stand corrected Rebkeh Apr 2016 #9

Well, all righty then gratuitous Apr 2016 #10

Maybe Hillary can get a real reading on this. After all she's tight with the fossil fuel industry . Scuba Apr 2016 #3

Maybe she could tell them to Cut It Out. Iggo Apr 2016 #20

Yeah, like it worked with the banksters. Scuba Apr 2016 #21

How could anyone have ever thought that there would not be a leak? bjo59 Apr 2016 #4

it's inherent to techno-utopianism, which is as big an intellectual and ideological heritage in the MisterP Apr 2016 #12

This is so totally nuts... immoderate Apr 2016 #5

You just have to find a way to monetize it! elljay Apr 2016 #17

We often discuss and acknowledge how horribly the natives jwirr Apr 2016 #6

They should be, but they won't be. nt elljay Apr 2016 #18

Yeah, I know. jwirr Apr 2016 #25

Exactly so, jwirr. It's so blatant and vile. suffragette Apr 2016 #28

K N R-ed Faux pas Apr 2016 #8

known for really bad welds - definitely no suprise womanofthehills Apr 2016 #11

How can something with such a high error rate be allowed to go into production?? klook Apr 2016 #22

Probably using cheap, inferior Chinese steel arikara Apr 2016 #24

When Kinder Morgan wanted to put a carbon dioxide pipeline through my property womanofthehills Apr 2016 #13

Wow, thanks for posting such a comprehensive list here. suffragette Apr 2016 #29

The leak did not set off alarms... chknltl Apr 2016 #14

next double hulled pipelines? it happened near a waterways of course right? RIGHT! pansypoo53219 Apr 2016 #15

kicked for further exposure. nt chknltl Apr 2016 #16

Yay Hillary! Go Pipeline! phazed0 Apr 2016 #19

BFD! There is money to be made and jobs to create! Enthusiast Apr 2016 #23

When will this greed and madness stop malaise Apr 2016 #26

They don't care about the human or environmental cost suffragette Apr 2016 #27