Lurking Below: Oil  and Gas Pipeline

Problems in the Cook Inlet Watershed

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2005 Update on Cook Inlet
Oil and Gas 
Pipeline Report

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                           

November 15, 2005   

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Lois Epstein, (907) 929-9371

Updated Cook Inletkeeper Analysis Shows Favorable Oil Pipeline Spill Trends

Offshore Oil and Oil/Gas Field Pipeline Releases Continue, However

 As part of Cook Inletkeeper’s ongoing monitoring of oil and gas operations in the Cook Inlet watershed, Senior Engineer Lois Epstein today issued her third analysis of pipeline spills using State of Alaska spill data from 1997-2005.  Positive trends include a reduction in oil pipeline spills from 1.1 per month to 0.5 per month in the watershed and a significant decrease in pipeline corrosion as a cause of releases.  The most important negative trend is the rise in natural gas pipeline spills from 0.8 per year to 3 per year, an increase of 375%.  The rate of offshore oil pipeline spills remained unchanged throughout the period examined at approximately one release each year.

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