Oil Spill in North Dakota Raises Detection Concerns (gallon, Denver, companies)

[Goodnight]

I don't think there is any question that oversight is lacking when it comes to oil companies and others, how do we expect states to effectively monitor.

DENVER — For several days last month, Steven Jensen smelled the oil, wafting
up over his rolling wheat farm near Tioga.

But in that part of northwestern North Dakota, where the rush to tap the
Bakken shale field is roaring, the scent of crude is hardly uncommon. It was not
until Sept. 29 that Mr. Jensen came across a six-inch spurt of oil gurgling up
from his land and reported a spill.

As it turned out, a Tesoro Logistics pipeline had ruptured, spreading
more than 865,000 gallons of oil across seven acres of Mr. Jensen’s farm. The
spill is one of the largest inland oil pipeline accidents in the United
States

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/us...-concerns.html

[Chimuelojones]

Originally Posted by Goodnight

I don't think there is any question that oversight is lacking when it comes to oil companies and others, how do we expect states to effectively monitor.


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/us...-concerns.html

there you go. Pipelines do create jobs.

[TheHurricaneKid]

Originally Posted by Chimuelojones

there you go. Pipelines do create jobs.

Broken window fallacy

[cruxan]

broken pipes and oil spill clean up create jobs.. not a good way, but a job is a job is a job....