Fortunately the problem occurred at a pumping station and was addressed, unlike what would have happened during a remote pipeline failure. (instituteforenergyresearch.org)
The key tidbit from the report reads: The committee does not find any causes of pipeline failure unique to the transportation of diluted bitumen. (canadianbusiness.com)
«The committee does not find any causes of pipeline failure unique to the transportation of diluted bitumen,» says the first sentence in the section of the executive summary labeled «results.» (insideclimatenews.org)