Thousands Of Gallons Of Crude Oil Spilled Along California Coast

[pismoe]

good info , thanks Westwall , look like El' Rushbo has been correct all these years !!

 

[Old Rocks]

Let's see, 8 X 10^8 divided by 1 X 10^4, that is 80,000 barrels a year.

Santa Barbara Oil Spill Ruptured Pipeline Was Badly Corroded At Break Site Fisherman Sues Owner

A ruptured pipeline in California that leaked over 100,000 gallons of crude oil along the Santa Barbara coast last month was badly corroded to a fraction of its original thickness, according to federal regulators. The preliminary findings were released Wednesday by the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

However, that pipeline spilled about 100,000 gallons in a day. Now that is roughly 2381 barrels of oil. That is a rate of delivery in one spot, of over ten time the amount leaked in that whole area. When we are talking about the damage done by an oil leak, it is not just the amount, but the area and rate of delivery that counts. That you try to make light of the damage done by the spill simply demonstrates how little you care for the environment or the people in it.

 

[bripat9643]

Thousands Of Gallons Of Crude Oil Spilled Along California Coast

The leak sent an estimated 21,000 gallons of crude into a culvert that leads to the Pacific Ocean near Goleta.

A half-mile oil slick already formed along the coast by the time a woman reported crude fumes around midday on Tuesday; by the time officials shut down the pipe hours later, the slick expanded to four miles long and up to 50 yards deep.

"Plains deeply regrets this release has occurred and is making every effort to limit its environmental impact," the company said.

The Environmental Defense Center, based in Santa Barbara, said the spill occurred in "a sensitive and treasured environment" and that the impact is "devastating to watch."

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Safe.

Hillary uses more fuel in a month jetting around in her corporate jet.

 

[westwall]

Let's see, 8 X 10^8 divided by 1 X 10^4, that is 80,000 barrels a year.

Santa Barbara Oil Spill Ruptured Pipeline Was Badly Corroded At Break Site Fisherman Sues Owner

A ruptured pipeline in California that leaked over 100,000 gallons of crude oil along the Santa Barbara coast last month was badly corroded to a fraction of its original thickness, according to federal regulators. The preliminary findings were released Wednesday by the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

However, that pipeline spilled about 100,000 gallons in a day. Now that is roughly 2381 barrels of oil. That is a rate of delivery in one spot, of over ten time the amount leaked in that whole area. When we are talking about the damage done by an oil leak, it is not just the amount, but the area and rate of delivery that counts. That you try to make light of the damage done by the spill simply demonstrates how little you care for the environment or the people in it.

Let's see, how many barrels per day when you calculate 800 million divided by 10,000 years? Why that's 219 BARRELS PER DAY.. EVERY DAY. So 365 days in the year equals 80,000 barrels, each and every year. NATURALLY!

And you know what? It is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Most people would never know that 80,000 barrels of oil were "leaking" into the Channel every year.

You really think a fucking pip squeak drop in the bucket like this makes any difference at all?

Nope, it doesn't, but it gives you moronic sheep a reason to bleat.

So bleat away sheep boy.

 

[Old Rocks]

Ah yes, we should all beautify our beaches with 100,000 gallons of oil. Such an appealing idea. Ol' Walleyes really has a point here, and I am quite sure that the people who live near and use that beach fully appreciate his thoughts.

 

[Old Rocks]

The pipe broke because it was old and wore out. There are pipes all over the nation that are in the same condition. And the energy corporations are making billions of dollars annually, yet cannot replace these worn out and dangerous pipes. They are not only causing damage to the environment, they are also killing people.

Pipelines Explained How Safe are America s 2.5 Million Miles of Pipelines - ProPublica

At 6:11 p.m. on September 6, 2010, San Bruno, Calif. 911 received an urgent call. A gas station had just exploded and a fire with flames reaching 300 feet was raging through the neighborhood. The explosion was so large that residents suspected an airplane crash. But the real culprit was found underground: a ruptured pipeline spewing natural gas caused a blast that left behind a 72 foot long crater, killed eight people, and injured more than fifty.

Over 2,000 miles away in Michigan, workers were still cleaning up another pipeline accident, which spilled 840,000 gallons of crude oil into the Kalamazoo River in 2010. Estimated to cost $800 million, the accident is the most expensive pipeline spill in U.S. history.

Pipeline Safety Tracker



Over the last few years a series of incidents have brought pipeline safety to national – and presidential – attention. As Obama begins his second term he will likely make a key decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, a proposed pipeline extension to transport crude from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

 

[Old Rocks]

Thousands Of Gallons Of Crude Oil Spilled Along California Coast

The leak sent an estimated 21,000 gallons of crude into a culvert that leads to the Pacific Ocean near Goleta.

A half-mile oil slick already formed along the coast by the time a woman reported crude fumes around midday on Tuesday; by the time officials shut down the pipe hours later, the slick expanded to four miles long and up to 50 yards deep.

"Plains deeply regrets this release has occurred and is making every effort to limit its environmental impact," the company said.

The Environmental Defense Center, based in Santa Barbara, said the spill occurred in "a sensitive and treasured environment" and that the impact is "devastating to watch."

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Safe.

Hillary uses more fuel in a month jetting around in her corporate jet.

This has what to do with the topic in the OP? MODS?

 

[mamooth]

Reality smacks down the kooks again.

Santa Barbara spill is prime suspect in L.A.-area tar balls - LA Times
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Although beach tar has long been a nuisance of Southern California life, viscous balls of crude oil washing up all over has not.

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Unlike dry and compressed tar that occasionally washes up on shore, this goo was "very unusual," DuRee said.

"This had a different smell and sheen to it," DuRee said. "It smelled fresh and was more of a liquid tar."
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[pismoe]

just a comment but every once in awhile we'd find a few 'grease balls' on the beach behind our house on Lake Superior . We thought that they were grease from ore boat propeller shafts or something like that . Balls were about an inch round , always smaller than a golf ball and not many and not that often . Anyway , just a comment .

 

[bripat9643]

Thousands Of Gallons Of Crude Oil Spilled Along California Coast

The leak sent an estimated 21,000 gallons of crude into a culvert that leads to the Pacific Ocean near Goleta.

A half-mile oil slick already formed along the coast by the time a woman reported crude fumes around midday on Tuesday; by the time officials shut down the pipe hours later, the slick expanded to four miles long and up to 50 yards deep.

"Plains deeply regrets this release has occurred and is making every effort to limit its environmental impact," the company said.

The Environmental Defense Center, based in Santa Barbara, said the spill occurred in "a sensitive and treasured environment" and that the impact is "devastating to watch."

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Safe.

Hillary uses more fuel in a month jetting around in her corporate jet.

This has what to do with the topic in the OP? MODS?

It shows what a bunch of hypocrites you AGW cult members are. You obcess over 20,000 gallons of spilled oil while one your cult leaders is flying overhead burning 1000 gallons of jet-A per hour.

 

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Ah yes, we should all beautify our beaches with 100,000 gallons of oil. Such an appealing idea. Ol' Walleyes really has a point here, and I am quite sure that the people who live near and use that beach fully appreciate his thoughts.

No one said anything like that.

You exaggerate the spill and basically claim the sky is falling. Then set up straw man after straw man. No one claims that oil spills are good but you certainly do not lend any credence to your supposition when you cant even handle a level headed conversation about the actual size of the spill or the fact that natural spills larger than this have been pointed out to you.

Do you go into hysterics every time someone passes gas? As you do not seem to be capable of speaking about this in a frame of reference I have to guess that you do.

Lastly, for all the bullshit that you seem to throw at pipelines the fact STILL remains that they are the safest method of bulk transportation of oil. That oil is getting transported - that is a cold hard fact. I guess you would rather all that oil be transported by truck, train or oil barge. Do you even think about what you are assailing?

 

[westwall]

Ah yes, we should all beautify our beaches with 100,000 gallons of oil. Such an appealing idea. Ol' Walleyes really has a point here, and I am quite sure that the people who live near and use that beach fully appreciate his thoughts.

Really? I said that? No, I didn't. Who woulda thunk it. However, 100,000 is a drop in the bucket to what is produced NATURALLY, and, more to the point all of that oil and Santa Barbara is the playground of the rich and uber rich. Looks like 80,000 barrels per year really doesn't do a whole lot of damage...now does it....

 

[Old Rocks]

That 80,000 barrels per year is not all delivered at one point, nor does all of it end up on the beach. However, by soiling the beaches that the very rich use, it will get a very definite response. NIMBY^3

 

[westwall]

That 80,000 barrels per year is not all delivered at one point, nor does all of it end up on the beach. However, by soiling the beaches that the very rich use, it will get a very definite response. NIMBY^3

It will? It hasn't yet. That crap washes ashore on the beach in Montecito EVERY day. Has been for 10,000 years. The evidence very clearly shows you're wrong yet again.

 

[Old Rocks]

California oil spill company under local state and federal investigation US news The Guardian

Plains All American, meanwhile, said it could take months to determine the cause of the spill and remove the broken stretch of pipeline. Before the rupture on Tuesday, there had been mechanical problems on each side of the break in the pipeline.

The Houston-based oil company had racked up 175 federal safety and maintenance violations since 2006, according to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

The federal agency has ordered Plains All American to analyze what caused the spill. Regulators also ordered the company to drain the broken pipe and conduct other maintenance before it can resume pumping oil through the pipeline.

175 safety and maintenance violations since 2006. Hmmm..............

 

[westwall]

California oil spill company under local state and federal investigation US news The Guardian

Plains All American, meanwhile, said it could take months to determine the cause of the spill and remove the broken stretch of pipeline. Before the rupture on Tuesday, there had been mechanical problems on each side of the break in the pipeline.

The Houston-based oil company had racked up 175 federal safety and maintenance violations since 2006, according to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

The federal agency has ordered Plains All American to analyze what caused the spill. Regulators also ordered the company to drain the broken pipe and conduct other maintenance before it can resume pumping oil through the pipeline.

175 safety and maintenance violations since 2006. Hmmm..............

Sounds like a company that should be out of business. There is no excuse for that.

 

[Old Rocks]

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/21/us/california-oil-spill/

Bet that fellow is just thrilled with that 'minor' oil spill in his backyard.

 

[Old Rocks]

Santa Barbara oil spill Pipeline was below capacity - CNN.com

Meanwhile, Plains All American Pipeline is among the worst violators listed by the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration and surpassed all but four of more than 1,700 operators in reporting safety and maintenance infractions, the federal agency said.

The company has 175 federal safety and maintenance violations since 2006, responsible for more than 16,000 barrels in spills that have caused more than $23 million worth of property damage.

When asked about the firm's regulatory record, McMichael said the company reports every incident -- even those it's not required to document-- and two-thirds of them involved five or fewer gallons.

Pat Hutchins, the company's senior director of safety, said Plains has been committing money to safety improvements for the past seven years.

Or have the assets of it's senior officers seized to pay for the damages. But, like most such incidents, their carelessness will be payed for by the federal and local authorities. And the local citizens like the one in the picture trying to rescue an oiled pelican.