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Originally Posted by me_dennis
Agreed. Regulatory attention is at an all time high and incidents like this pose a huge risk to upcoming pipeline projects.
What makes things worse is there have already been 4 train derailments carrying crude, yet when something pipeline related happens, the media jumps all over it and attack pipelines.
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Its a tough challenge the entire pipeline industry is facing. I think its a little bit of out of site out of mind mentallity. People can envision trains (that are not on fire and leaking) going by on tracks. So when someone hears a train derailment they think thats unusual. But with pipelines mostly being buried in north america people do not know they exist. So they only time they hear about them is when something like this happens.
If anyone is curious about pipelines CEPA has a really good website.
http://www.cepa.com/