Sentences with phrase «pipelines than conventional oil»

Diluted bitumen, a controversial form of heavy Canadian oil, poses no more risks to pipelines than conventional oil, according to a long - awaited report released Tuesday by the National Academy of Sciences.

Environmentalists have expressed concerns about the impact of developing the oil sands and say the crude is more corrosive to pipelines than conventional oil.

Not exact matches

Bitumen is more corrosive on pipelines and it is more toxic and more difficult to clean up than conventional oil.

Critics of the TransCanada pipeline have warned of potential spills in America's heartland as well as the climate impacts of allowing more tar sands oil, which has a higher carbon footprint than conventional sources, into the US and other markets.

Jeannie Layson, PHMSA's director of governmental, international and public affairs, said the agency is also reviewing the document and has commissioned the National Academy of Sciences to study whether dilbit is more corrosive to pipelines than conventional crude oil.

Environmental groups say that's one of several reasons why dilbit corrodes pipelines more easily than conventional crude oil, although the oil industry says dilbit poses no more risk than other oils.

The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service found in a survey of published literature that because tar sands oil is more carbon intensive than conventional crude oil, the Keystone XL pipeline would increase U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of «approximately 558,000 to 4,061,000 passenger vehicles» annually:

Both were shocked during yesterday's testimony by TransCanada (the company who wants to build the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline across the US) officials who said, «Diluted bitumen [tar sands oil] is not any more corrosive than conventional crude.

We have two main concerns: the risk of oil spills along the pipeline, which would traverse highly sensitive terrain, and the fact that the extraction of petroleum from the tar sands creates far more greenhouse emissions than conventional production does.

Tar sands pipelines are also far more likely to leak than conventional oil pipelines, which spells bad news for Sebago Lake, Casco Bay, and 11 pristine New England rivers.

But it specifically limited the scope of the report to an examination of whether pipelines carrying dilbit are more likely to leak than pipelines carrying conventional crude oil.

Despite the rapid growth of the oil sands industry, and plans to build or expand more than 10,000 miles of pipelines in the next few years, federal pipeline regulations don't distinguish between dilbit and conventional crude oil.

Studies also indicate that pipelines operating at temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit spill up to 23 times more often due to external corrosion than conventional oil pipelines.

A new study by the National Academy of Sciences found that «pipelines carrying heavy Canadian oil sands fuel are at no greater risk of a spill than those running conventional crude.»