Sentences with phrase «accidents than a pipeline»

Not exact matches

Studies that have compared safety records have typically determined that trains have far higher accident rates involving hazardous materials than do pipelines, although leaks from railcars tend to be more quickly contained.

In the event of an accident, Kinder Morgan has pledged to do no more than comply with federal laws, which stipulate that operators of a major oil pipeline in this country must have a minimum of $ 1 billion in financial resources available to cover liabilities related to a land spill.

Yet there are still far more accidents involving rail cars than pipelines every year.

Since 1986 pipeline accidents have spilled an average of 76,000 barrels per year or more than 3 million gallons.

The hidden, long - term effects of the 2010 pipeline accident that spilled more than a million gallons of heavy Canadian crude oil into Michigan's Kalamazoo River became public last week when the EPA revealed that large amounts of oil are still accumulating in three areas of the river.

If the pipeline giant Enbridge Inc. is content to cower behind a 20 - something blog manager rather than acknowledge its role in the recent attack on the patriotism of Canadian environmentalists, what hope have we that the company would ever stand accountable for the accidents that will occur — inevitably — if Northern Gateway ever gets built?

The pipeline spill that flooded Mayflower, Ark., with up to 290,000 gallons of tar - sands oil in March was an accident that had been waiting to happen — for more than 60 years.

Americans are 75 per cent more likely to get killed by lightening than to be killed in a pipeline accident.