Sentences with phrase «pipeline explosion in»

The rule also addresses NTSB recommendations issued in response to an NTSB safety study on integrity management and investigations of the 2010 gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California that killed 8 people and destroyed 38 homes and the 2014 rupture in Sissonville, West Virginia, that destroyed 3 homes and closed Interstate 77 for 19 hours.

In response to last week's natural gas pipeline explosion in Allentown, Pa., City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D - Sunnyside) touted legislation Tuesday that he and his colleagues in government were writing to prevent the same thing from happening in western Queens, statewide and nationally.

Even China National Petroleum Corp. faced a PR debacle with a spill resulting from a pipeline explosion in the port of Dalian last July.

«This is especially important to know after numerous pipeline explosions in the United States.»

Not exact matches

The derailment and explosions, which took place around 1:15 a.m. on Saturday, underscored a debate in the effort to transport North America's oil across long distances: is it safer and less environmentally destructive to move huge quantities of crude oil by train or by pipeline?

There are frequent rail accidents and pipeline explosions, evidence of long term water contamination esp around Dimock PA and in WY, non disclosure agreements forced on people whose health has been damaged from exposure to toxic emissions, secrecy about all of these issues, and climate changes caused by too much fossil fuel emissions.

Additionally, the resolution states that any rupture or compromise of the pipeline, even without an explosion or fire, would «require extraordinary cleanup efforts, could force residents from their homes, and place a large number of residents in close proximity to hazardous materials.»

«I got a report from my men in the field that two explosions rocked the pipeline located in Southern Ijaw,» Bayelsa state NSCDC commandant Desmond Agu told AFP.

The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, Mr Murtala Mani, on Thursday refuted an alleged explosion of pipelines at Ikot Osutek, Oruk - Anam Local Government Area of...

Almost a year after the refinery explosion, technicians discovered that some 4,800 barrels of oil had spread into the Alaskan snow through a tiny hole in the company's pipeline in Prudhoe Bay.

Leaks and explosions involving natural gas transmission and distribution pipelines in the U.S. cause an average of 17 fatalities, 68 injuries and $ 133 million in property damage annually, according to a study released earlier this year.

There are three major causes of significant pipeline failures resulting in oil spills or gas explosion: damage from digging; corrosion; and failure of the pipe material, welds, or equipment.

Incidents like the September 2010, San Bruno, California explosion are lessons to developers and local governments to work together to ensure homes and businesses are not built too close to, and in many cases on top of existing pipelines.

In the aftermaths of the natural gas pipeline explosion and fire in San Bruno, California on September 9, 2010, and the hazardous liquid pipeline rupture in Marshall, Michigan on July 25, 2010, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) formally recommended that the Secretary of Transportation conduct two audits of programs within the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) Office of Pipeline SafetIn the aftermaths of the natural gas pipeline explosion and fire in San Bruno, California on September 9, 2010, and the hazardous liquid pipeline rupture in Marshall, Michigan on July 25, 2010, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) formally recommended that the Secretary of Transportation conduct two audits of programs within the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) Office of Pipeline Safetin San Bruno, California on September 9, 2010, and the hazardous liquid pipeline rupture in Marshall, Michigan on July 25, 2010, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) formally recommended that the Secretary of Transportation conduct two audits of programs within the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) Office of Pipeline Safetin Marshall, Michigan on July 25, 2010, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) formally recommended that the Secretary of Transportation conduct two audits of programs within the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) Office of Pipeline Safety.

Several other cities have also recently experienced pipeline incidents, including the environmentally devastating rupture in Marshall, MI, and the deadly San Bruno, CA, explosion which highlighted the need for pipeline operators to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of their highest risk lines.

The main drawbacks to this business are in the very business model: there is always risk in operating pipelines (spills, explosions, etc.), and the asset - intense nature of the company means debt hangs a bit heavy.

These more difficult to exploit sources are associated with greater risks of cave - ins, explosions, pipeline breaks, offshore storm events, etc., etc..

With the approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline, we expect an increase in tanker traffic by 700 % through the Salish Sea, meaning more oil moving through pipelines and more export terminals, making Washington State a target for dangerous spills and explosions.

These incidents include over three - hundred unreported spills from 2012 to 2013, several significant leaks of oil and polluted saltwater into streams and farmland in the six months prior to the latest train derailment (see here and here), a decade - old saltwater spill which is still being cleaned up coupled with a pipeline rupture discovered in September 2013 which will take another four years to clean, and a natural - gas pipeline explosion across the border in Canada, which impacted gas availability in several U.S. states during the winter of 2014 (see here and here).

Nevertheless, TAP, and the entire Southern Gas Corridor, is a climate - busting fossil fuel project that serves to prop - up corrupt regimes that trample over human - rights, and today's tragic news of the gas explosion in Baumgarten, Austria, demonstrates that these pipelines increase danger and vulnerability, not European energy security.

From San Bruno, California, which lost 38 homes to a natural gas pipeline explosion, where Global Green is helping rebuild green homes to Youngstown, Ohio, where they are working to create urban farms, Peterson remarked that they are invested in energy efficiency in existing buildings and indoor quality health.

The company later faced a $ 10 million criminal fine plus related civil charges for «serious willful» negligence in a 2004 incident that killed five people in Walnut Creek, Calif., where city workers struck a gas pipeline and accidentally caused an explosion.

Our use of expert testimony and analysis in depositions and in the courtroom, including this $ 10.65 million recovery for the family of a man killed in a pipeline explosion and this case in which we recovered $ 1.75 million for the family of a woman killed on Interstate 80 often lead to larger verdicts or settlements that firms without our experience and expertise are unable to obtain.

This case was filed in Wayne County and involved the explosion of a gas pipeline at an industrial site resulting in the death of one person and serious personal injuries to another.