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NOSLEEPNOSLEEP Member Posts: 4,526
edited January 2012 in General Discussion
I am not sure if this photo has been photo shopped. My first thoughts are I don't know if an oil pipe line would be under this kind of pressure to cause oil to spill out in this fashion... Thoughts?

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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    It's heated and pretty thin,going through that line.It could very well be a real photo..
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  • JnRockwallJnRockwall Member Posts: 16,351 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    well oil or any other liquid flows without force. So all pipelines have some degree of pressure. Oil lines tend to go for hundreds of miles, so it would require a bit of force to move their weight of oil through a pipeline that is 250 miles long.

    So I say it is possible, however, I say it is photochopped because with that much pressure, I think the oil would spontaneously combust. Think about this for second: When is the last a pipeline leak made the news? Is it not always a pipeline explosion?

    just me thinking out loud. what do I know...

    and on a second note, why would the pipeline be above ground when they have unlimited room to bury it? It doesn't appear to be in a area with a rock basin and I thought pipelines gained strength from the ground pressure?
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A native guy shot a hole in the pipe with a 338 Win mag. It sprayed thousands of gallons of oil out of the hole going about 100 feet in a stream.
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    It's over permafrost and the greenies don't want it thawed.The oil is heated and burying the pipeline would guarantee that it settled at different rates,causing cracks.
    If that was JP-5, the static caused by spraying/atomizing it would touch it off.That however is "Sweet" crude.Not affected so much by static.
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  • NOSLEEPNOSLEEP Member Posts: 4,526
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by JnRockwall
    well oil or any other liquid flows without force. So all pipelines have some degree of pressure. Oil lines tend to go for hundreds of miles, so it would require a bit of force to move their weight of oil through a pipeline that is 250 miles long.

    So I say it is possible, however, I say it is photochopped because with that much pressure, I think the oil would spontaneously combust. Think about this for second: When is the last a pipeline leak made the news? Is it not always a pipeline explosion?

    just me thinking out loud. what do I know...

    and on a second note, why would the pipeline be above ground when they have unlimited room to bury it? It doesn't appear to be in a area with a rock basin and I thought pipelines gained strength from the ground pressure?




    I am not sure were the photo was taken. An environmental movement is distributing it as a case study against oil pipe lines.
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by JnRockwall

    and on a second note, why would the pipeline be above ground when they have unlimited room to bury it? It doesn't appear to be in a area with a rock basin and I thought pipelines gained strength from the ground pressure?


    Maintenance and corrosion are problems with the buried sections of the pipe, Atigan pass has had problems for years. The permafrost will tend to push pipes right up out of the ground too. Bethel AK has all of its water and sewer lines above ground for just that reason.
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    the photo is real.

    http://albionmonitor.com/0109a/alaskapipelinespill.html
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  • NOSLEEPNOSLEEP Member Posts: 4,526
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bpost
    the photo is real.

    http://albionmonitor.com/0109a/alaskapipelinespill.html


    Thanks for the link bpost...
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  • LesWVaLesWVa Member Posts: 10,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes it can happen.

    High pressure Natural Gas Line in Ohio. The blast created a 30-foot-wide by 15-foot-deep crater and was felt over 12 miles away.

    gas-line-art-gi7etq5c-1gas-line-explosion-jpeg-0d221-jpg.jpg
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  • JnRockwallJnRockwall Member Posts: 16,351 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "A drunken man shot a hole"...

    Probably should had said "A drunken Environmentalist shot a hole"...

    [:D]

    I am surprised I didn't hear this on the news, or maybe I don't recall it.

    Thanks guys for the detailed info. Pretty cool stuff.
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  • NOSLEEPNOSLEEP Member Posts: 4,526
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Flying Clay Disk
    quote:Originally posted by NOSLEEP
    I am not sure if this photo has been photo shopped. My first thoughts are I don't know if an oil pipe line would be under this kind of pressure to cause oil to spill out in this fashion... Thoughts?

    oilspill.jpg


    So what! Are you worried?

    You do know this is the Alaska Pipeline, right? Aleaska Corp built it.

    Do you know what a "plug" is? This is a 'plug' blowout.

    Please don't sign up with PETA, these are the images they love to tout.

    What you see is a nitrogen blow off on a station on a petroleum change. No big deal.


    I have no worries. Just curious as to whether it was real or photo shopped. You should read the whole thread...
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