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Keystone Aided as Bitumen Study Finds No Greater Spill Risks

2013-06-25 15:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: Heavy crude oil to be carried by the proposed Keystone XL pipeline poses no greater risk of a spill than other types of oil, the National Research Council said in a report. The report disputes arguments made by Keystone opponents that diluted bitumen, a tar-like substance mined in Albertas oil sands, is more corrosive than conventional crude oil and is more likely to create ruptures and oil spills in pipelines. There have been several studies to look at this over the years, but none that...

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