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hillbilly
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Guess they didn't. How you hit a gas pipeline ,break out a shovel when close is my moto

https://www.yahoo.com/news/explosion-alabama-shuts-gas-pipeline-0713219…
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MR. X 11/1/2016 10:13am
11/1/2016 10:13am
Wasn't there another accident at the same place to not too long ago?
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Mr. G 11/1/2016 1:02pm
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Punctuation makes all the difference.
neverwasfastenuf 11/1/2016 1:51pm
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hillbilly wrote:
Guess they didn't. How you hit a gas pipeline ,break out a shovel when close is my moto

https://www.yahoo.com/news/explosion-alabama-shuts-gas-pipeline-0713219…
No doubt!

Same area affected again in a short timespan. Watch them fuel prices.

Kind of makes you wonder, or are the locators/operators really that bad at what they do?
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motogrady 11/1/2016 4:50pm
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Last Thursdays job.
High voltage electric cable and water line 1 foot below the gas line we replaced.

Nerve wracking to say the least.

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Sir Roostsalot
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Sir Roostsalot 11/1/2016 6:56pm
11/1/2016 6:56pm
It says gasoline in the pipeline, wouldn't that be crude or natural gas? I always thought refined hydrocarbons only went OTR.
el moto diablo 11/2/2016 8:58am
11/2/2016 8:58am
Thank god the interduct held up Laughing



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One Last Comeback 11/2/2016 9:16am
11/2/2016 9:16am
I have a friend who marks cable lines and recently marked one wrong and they hit a gas line. Bunch of fire trucks, evacuated an entire apartment complex. Very bad day at the office.
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Beast666 11/2/2016 11:41am
11/2/2016 11:41am Edited Date/Time 11/2/2016 11:42am
Sir Roostsalot wrote:
It says gasoline in the pipeline, wouldn't that be crude or natural gas? I always thought refined hydrocarbons only went OTR.
From the refinery to the tank farm they use pipelines. Delivery is done with a tanker truck to the filling stations. At 9000 gallons per load and 7MPG it would cost a lot more at the pump since the average gas station uses 10000 gallon tanks. It would take 4 tankers to fill 1 filling station. Hauling fuel 1000 miles for 1 station is cost prohibitive.

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