Suspected Oil and Gas Pipeline Event April 29 2008

[sk8rguy178]

hey its "natural gas" how bad could it be

[mevers143]

It probably was nitrogen if they were preparing to tie into an existing pipeline then. If the new section was only 4.5 miles long and it was getting that high in the atmosphere, that must be one large diameter pipe. The "gunky stuff" was probably the moisture in the air, when they test pipelines they usually test them at 1.5 times the maximum allowable operating pressure, or MAOP, of the pipe itself and the larger the pipe the higher the MAOP.

[b1aflatoxin]

I'm sure these companies are great to work for. But at what cost. IMO a good person will research his potential field of work extensively, and from all angles. In this case one would learn that yes, you would have a great job, but that job is related to *reckless development. *Including the use of "fracing" fluids that DO end up in the ground water, i.e. toxic *benzene, xylene, and toluene.

* Bad, hazy air too. * In 2002 energy companies where granted toxic exemptions.

* = Smithsonian Jan 2007

[b44rogers]

I don't know if you ever got a call back about this but it looks like a CO2/N2 venting in the lines before a frac. This is assuming their are doing an energized frac of some sort. Likely not hazardous....

Encana is a good company with a solid environment reputation, I don't believe they would be venting well gases direct to atmosphere as this is a serious environmental violation.

[ColoradokayakGirl]

Bill Barrett Again? Nice poisen. This must be stopped before its too late.