Speedy repair returns Basin Pipeline to service
This article reports that a ruptured section of the Basin Pipeline, a 24-in., crude-oil line 25 miles northeast of Wichita Falls, Tex., was quickly replaced after the Red River cut a new channel and damaged the pipeline during May 30-31 flooding. Until that time, the pipeline, operated by Texaco Pipeline Inc., had safely delivered more than 400,000 b/d of crude oil from Jal, N.M., to Cushing, Okla. Because of flooding caused by heavy rains, the river broke through a levee, traversed a flood plain, then cut a new channel about 1,000 ft wide and 16 ft deep, approximately 1,000 ft north of its original shore. It was under the new channel that the pipeline rupture occurred. There was no damage at the original spanned crossing of the river. Also described are the welding progress and the procedures involved in removal of the damaged pipe.
- OSTI ID:
- 6263486
- Journal Information:
- Oil Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 85:34; ISSN OIGJA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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