Wall Street Journal Investigation: High-Tech Oil Pipeline Monitors Catch Less Than 20 Percent Of Leaks

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By Mike GJan 21, 2014, 8:35 pm213 pts
Last September, a farmer harvesting wheat in North Dakota smelled crude oil in his fields. That was the first indication anyone had that a Tesoro pipeline had ruptured and spewed some 20,000 barrels of oil into the environment. Tesoro says it has beefed up its monitoring of the pipeline, as the pressure sensors…

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