http://blog.nwf.org/2010/06/on-eve-of-federal-hearing-on-tar-sands-members-of-congress-say-no-to-dirty-fuels/ The National Wildlife Federation's blog Thu, 23 May 2013 20:37:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.nwf.org/2010/06/on-eve-of-federal-hearing-on-tar-sands-members-of-congress-say-no-to-dirty-fuels/comment-page-1/#comment-6051 andrewo Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:52:43 +0000 http://blog.nwf.org/wildlifepromise/2010/06/on-eve-of-federal-hearing-on-tar-sands-members-of-congress-say-no-to-dirty-fuels/#comment-6051 So often spills are described as risks, but to some degree, spills are a predictable outcome of operation.
Based on publicly available documents, the Keystone pipeline comes with an expectation of ~80,000 barrels spilled over the line’s lifetime.
Keystone XL, based on its length and assuming similar performance (which is significantly better than US average) the expectation is of ~60,000 barrels spilled over its lifetime.
More info:
http://andrewottoson.com/2010/06/perspectives-on-pipeline-safety/

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