Moving Crude Relies on Aging Pipeline System
Oil and gas pipelines are getting older but not retiring. Photo by Dave Fehling/StateImpact TexasAudio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.
By Dave Fehling, StateImpact Texas
There are thousands of pipelines in Texas, and some of them are starting to age. Now federal regulators are urging pipeline companies to start replacing them. As Dave Fehling reports for StateImpact Texas, that could be especially important now that old pipelines are being used in new ways.
This pipeline is at least three decades old. … The Seaway line is running near schools, it’s running near residential areas, it is running near major water supplies for the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
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