BP-owned Alaska oil pipeline shut after spill

[jus_the_facts]

Source: Reuters India

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 25 (Reuters) - The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, partly owned by BP (BP.L: Quote, Profile, Research), shut down on Tuesday after a crude oil spill, drastically cutting supply out of Alaska's oilfields.

The accident comes at a difficult time for BP -- the largest single owner of the pipeline, holding 47 percent of Alyeska -- as it struggles to plug a gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well .

The shutdown followed a series of mishaps that resulted from a scheduled fire-command system test at Pump Station 9, about 100 miles south of Fairbanks, said Alyeska Pipeline Service Co, the operator of the 800-mile (1,287 km) oil line said.

The power outage triggered opening of relief valves, causing an unspecified volume of crude oil to overflow a storage tank into a secondary containment. There were no injuries, but the work site was evacuated, Alyeska said.



Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idINN2514942320100526

[aquart]

1. WHY can't we stop them?

[mikelgb]

2. keep em coming BP

[LawnKorn]

3. When if fails, it pours

BP just has the knack.

[cap]

4. Palin was involved in the Trans Alaska Pipeline

I wonder what her role was in this...

There was a BP oil spill in Prudhoe Bay right before she was elected. I wonder what happened there too.

You know, there also has been a lot of monkey business with the oil royalties paid out in Alaska during the Bush administration.

I have a suspicion we will start to find out a lot of really snarky things going on with Palin and oil. Just a hunch.

[Crowman1979]

5. Yeah, the only bright side is that the Palin downfall will arrive sooner than expected.

[laurel46]

22. I've heard people call deepwater the Palin spill. I also see on the news

that some of the people are now tree-huggers, make that tea huggers. Great find.

[MadMaddie]

33. Can't happen soon enough...

[roguevalley]

24. I was listening to my nephew, who is on a rig tender boat for the

platforms in our cook inlet, talking to rig guys who came into the shop for bolts. They said the state of alaska was pulling back all the exemptions, etc they gave out to the oil companies before this happened. no one wants to be responsible for anything more happening in the deep water drilling. It may close a couple of rigs like Anna. So, someone gets it.

[jayfish]

6. What's Really Sad Is That You Have To Go To...

Reuters India to read anything about this. Good catch JTF. Oh, and how you been?

FSH

[jus_the_facts]

9. Sad isn't it....

:hi:

....man, I've seen better days....this whole thing is a nightmare without end!

[jayfish]

19. Man, Your Right In The Thick Of It Too.

NPI. You have my sincere condolences. Too bad we have to totally wreck a thing before we see it's value.

FSH

[jus_the_facts]

21. I'm in North La....so technically not in the thick of it.... this will affect everyone eventually...

....seems my state can never win for losin' though. Thanks for the condolences...they're much appreciated! :pals:

[RKP5637]

7. Not surprised, not surprised at all... n/t

[liberal N proud]

8. Why would that stop them?

Spills have no consequences for these environment molesting monsters.

[Ruby the Liberal]

10. BP-owned Alaska oil pipeline shut after spill

Source: Reuters

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 25 (Reuters) - The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, partly owned by BP (BP.L: Quote, Profile, Research), shut down on Tuesday after spilling several thousand barrels of crude oil, drastically cutting supply out of Alaska's oilfields.

The accident comes at a difficult time for BP -- the largest single owner of the pipeline operator, holding 47 percent -- as it struggles to plug a gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well .

The shutdown followed a series of mishaps that resulted from a scheduled fire-command system test at Pump Station 9, about 100 miles (161 km) south of Fairbanks, said Alyeska Pipeline Service Co, the operator of the 800-mile oil line.

The power outage triggered opening of relief valves, causing an unspecified volume of crude oil to overflow a storage tank into a secondary containment. There were no injuries, but the approximately 40 people at the work site were evacuated, Alyeska spokeswoman Michele Egan said.

Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idINN2514942320100526

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The hits just keep on coming.

[Ruby the Liberal]

11. Mods, please merge with

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4398160

I type too slow. Thanks!

[Crowman1979]

12. The only bright side is that it forces Palin to shut her trap.

[MadMaddie]

13. You would think that would be the logical thing for her to do

but let's just wait on her tweet.......or whatever....

She doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut her ego won't let her.

[DeSwiss]

14. Or....

...in lieu of a Twat from the Twit:

http://palinquotes.sillycloud.com/

;)

K&R

[MadMaddie]

17. ha..ha..ha..brilliant!

[Ruby the Liberal]

18. That is hilarious!

[jberryhill]

15. You underestimate the power of the dark side

If there was something that could force Palin to shut her trap, we would be demanding it be sent to the Gulf of Mexico ASAP.

[Suji to Seoul]

16. Palin shutting up? Are you serious? That witch proves that Voltaire was correct

Unfortunately for her, with that vapid, blank, airhead expression on her face, she proves she's an idiot by just breathing.

[Ed Barrow]

20. It just never ends (nt)

[AtheistCrusader]

23. Bullshit a 'bad time'.

Yeah, they have to pay billions in fines, ok, no problem, we'll fuck up supply so the price of oil goes back north of $90 a barrel, and it'll be chump change. No worries.

[TheMadMonk]

25. Getting your knickers in a knot when things actually go right is counter productive.

Just speculating here, but it seems reasonable.

As part of a routine test, power gets cut. Pumps stop. Pressure surges behind pump. Pressure relief valves operate exactly as they should. Overflow is caught in pit specifically designed to catch such overflows.

Strikes me, thats a far better scenario than a pipe splitting somewhere out in the middle of the tundra.

Obviously there are some issues here, since the outcome would appear to have been unexpected by the operator, but overall it would appear that safety systems did what safety systems are supposed to do and kept a potential disaster safely contained where it could do no, or minimal harm.


The outrage you're expending on what is ultimately a non-issue, would far better serve the ourangutang's of Borneo.

[paparush]

26. BP-owned Alaska oil pipeline shut after spill

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, partly owned by BP, shut down on Tuesday after spilling several thousand barrels of crude oil into backup containers, drastically cutting supply down the main artery between refineries and Alaska's oilfields.

U.S. | GULF OIL SPILL

The accident comes at a difficult time for BP -- the largest single owner of the pipeline operator, holding 47 percent -- as it struggles to plug a gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well.

The shutdown followed a series of mishaps that resulted from a scheduled fire-command system test at Pump Station 9, about 100 miles south of Fairbanks, said Alyeska Pipeline Service Co, the operator of the 800-mile oil line.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64P04U20100526?type=domesticNews

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BP - We don't create environmental disasters EVERY day!

[CountAllVotes]

27. time to round up these criminals

and hang the lot of them IMO.

:dem: :kick:

[LakeSamish706]

28. Except for one problem, the Government is complicit in this whole thing as well.

[tomm2thumbs]

29. if they shut enough pipelines down, prices will go up and BP can reopen them to high profits

our problem is they win on both ends of the equation, eventually

[Blue_Tires]

30. with all these screwups, i'm starting to wonder how they ever got successful

in the first place...

[w4rma]

31. Massive bribes, lobbyists, and government subsidies. (nt)

[paparush]

32. AKA - "The invisible hand of the free market"

bribes, kickbacks, no-bid contract, nepotism, fraud, theft.