RE:RE:RE:RE:The Approval Of Line 3 Should Be A No BrainerThe article about the dangers of Enbridge pipeline should it leak oil and spoil the environment.
The pipeline material is steel with oil on the inside and soil or water on the outside. The oil industry is over 130 years old and similar combination exist during oil drilling and production, oil refining and distribution.
The offshore oil is transported in pipes emmersed in sea water (very aggressive to steel) but sufficent measures are used to prevent leakages.
Internally,periodic inspections with reliable instruments ensure safe conditions. On the outside it is protected by using heavy coating and cathodic protection This is required by law. This method brings the defect level to zero)
We have the API (American Petroleum Institute) guide lines to protect all equiment in the oil and gas industry. Oil pipelines are used all over the world. The invention of pipes to carry oil was a revolution in 1890 it replaced oil transport by trains.