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  • Failing a technological fix, or more oil, the pipe's near-term viability is at risk.

    Alaska's Ebbing Oil 2011

  • Failing a technological fix, or more oil, the pipe's near-term viability is at risk.

    Alaska's Ebbing Oil 2011

  • SAN FRANCISCO — The parents of a 20-year-old woman who was one of eight people killed in a Northern California gas line explosion are suing the pipe's owner for negligence and wrongful death.

    Parents Of California Blast Victim Sue PG&E AP 2011

  • The fatal explosion last year of a PG&E Corp. natural-gas pipeline in San Bruno, Calif., was inevitable, due to pipeline flaws, the company's failure to ensure the pipe's safety and a lack of government oversight, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

    NTSB Faults PG&E for Pipeline Explosion Cassandra Sweet 2011

  • SAN FRANCISCO — The parents of a 20-year-old woman who was one of eight people killed in a Northern California gas line explosion are suing the pipe's owner for negligence and wrongful death.

    Parents Of California Blast Victim Sue PG&E AP 2011

  • The pipe's Canadian owner, Enbridge Inc. of Calgary, said in a Thursday news conference that more than 400 workers are expected to be on site, and that the oil has not leached into the nearby Lake Morrow.

    U.S. Warned on Corrosion Checks on Pipeline in Midwest Oil Spill 2010

  • An oil spill from an underground pipeline connecting the U.S. to Canada has contaminated roughly 20 miles of the Kalamazoo River in south-central Michigan, prompting the pipe's Canadian owner and U.S. officials on Wednesday to double their resources to contain and clean up the mess.

    Efforts Doubled to Clean Up Michigan Oil Spill 2010

  • The combustion gases build up enormous pressure, seeking a weak point from which to escape the pipe's tight confines.

    Tom Bisky: When Manholes Explode, New Yorkers Shrug Tom Bisky 2010

  • Some homes directly around the point of the pipe's rupture, on Tallmadge Creek, which feeds into the Kalamazoo, are included in Enbridge's offer.

    Oil Company Offers to Buy Homes Near River Spill 2010

  • He also said that the shear ram, the strongest of the shutoff devices on the blowout preventer, was not strong enough to cut through joints that connected the 90-foot sections of drill pipe and covered 10 percent of the pipe's length.

    Oil spill investigators find critical problems in blowout preventer 2010

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