And the average rail tank car holds 30,000 gal !
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Oil sucks. We should outlaw it.
Coal too.
Tires too.
Fertilizer too.
textiles too.
and the story goes on. Good Grief. What stupid crap the news organizations are putting out on the side of the liberal agenda.
Coal too.
Tires too.
Fertilizer too.
textiles too.
and the story goes on. Good Grief. What stupid crap the news organizations are putting out on the side of the liberal agenda.
In case you were wondering, US standard is 42 gallons is an oil barrel. I thought it was 55, but I guess not.
This will be yet another excuse to raise the gas prices. They have slowly been going back up but this will probably change that.
http://aoghs.org/news/history-of-the-42-gallon-oil-barrel/
More than you ever wanted to know about oilfield barrels.
I agree with the comment that people understand gallons. I also agree that 17,000 seems more horrific than 400 .
Steel pipe has two enemies, corrosion and mechanical damage. Corrosion is unlikely from inside out on an oil pipeline IMO and it has a coating on the outside that's pretty resistant. It also eventually wears out.
Some of the pipeline guys can probably tell more about how pipelines are inspected and maintained than I know.
It will be interesting to see what the damage is and what happened.
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Pipelines are also given an electrical charge to prevent corrosion. An external DC electrical power source is used to provide sufficient current for cathodic protection.
I've heard about that but know pretty much nothing about it.
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