BP Hopes To Fix Pipeline Quickly

[Robbien]

Source: Chicago Public Radio WBEZ

Crews with oil giant BP are working to replace a damaged section of an underground pipeline.A crack in the line caused gasoline to leak into a municipal sewer system in the Northwest Indiana city of Hammond.

Finding the leak wasn’t easy for BP and fixing it won’t be either. After discovering the one-inch crack late last week, workers began draining 90,000 gallons of gasoline from the pipeline.

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KEILMAN: We realize that this is a disruption to the local neighborhood. The important thing is is the neighborhood is safe. We found the leak. The leak is isolated. The line’s not leaking any additional product. But we need to make sure that we do this in a safe way so that it doesn’t further impact the neighborhood.

A high school sits a block away from the work site.

Read more: http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=43937

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A BP rep refuses to say how big the leak was.

An EPA rep was immediately on the scene declaring the air quality was safe. Don't pay any attention to the gassy smells pouring out of all sewers in the area. Nothing to see here, move along.

[mike r]

1. It's tiny in relation to the total surface area of the earth

The earth is very big.
:sarcasm: