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August 14, 2013

New Technology Could Transform the Pipeline Sector
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 14, 2013
The 2010 Kalamazoo spill and the 2013 Exxon leak in Arkansas are the most glaring incidents, but these are just the big leaks that are found right away and reported. Most leaks are found eventually-but there is money to be saved and damage to be avoided by catching them at the smallest rupture. Right now, we rely on pigs in the pipeline to do this. It's called "pigging". Pigs are inspection gauges that can perform various maintenance operations on a pipeline-from inspection to cleaning-witho ... read more

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BP sues US over contract ban after 2010 Gulf spill British energy giant BP is suing the US government for banning it from federal contracts after the deadly 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, documents showed Tuesday. ... more		Sit-in demands Obama stop pipeline Some 200 people staged a sit-in outside the US State Department Monday, demanding that US President Barack Obama stop the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline. ... more		Philippines quake kills dozens as injured overwhelm hospitals Typhoon Bualoi inflicts death, lasting floods on Vietnam Moldova backs EU in elections marred by Russian interference		China to become world's biggest oil importer China is on course to surpass the United States as the world's largest importer of oil, says new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. ... more
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