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A major oil-by-rail terminal proposed on the Columbia River in Washington state poses a potential risk of oil spills, train accidents and longer emergency response times due to road traffic, an environmental study has found.
Many of the risks could be decreased with certain mitigation measures, but the study released Tuesday outlined four areas where it said the impacts are significant and cannot be avoided.
The study said that while "the likelihood of occurrence of the potential for oil spills may be low, the consequences of the events could be severe."
[...] The study identified the four risks that could not be avoided as train accidents, the emergency response delays, negative impacts of the project on low-income communities and the possibility that an earthquake would damage the facility's dock and cause an oil spill.
Washington state panel outlines risk of oil-by-rail terminal
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday November 26 2017, @01:59AM
Ten engineers from Schlumberger arrived via helicopter to the deepwater horizon to perform an acoustic test that was intended to verify that the concrete which filled the gap between the bore hole and the steel pipe inside it was securely attached to the pipe. If there were gaps, echoes would sound different.
The oil company chose not to have the test done, so all those engineers got back in their helicopter and left.
They were the last people to leave that platform alive.
The oil company didn't even APPLY for an ecological drilling permit.
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