Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Enbridge probing gas leak near Louisiana

|
|
 
  
Published: Jan. 11, 2012 at 9:35 AM
Advertisement

CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Though the Stingray pipeline is operating normally, Enbridge said it is investigating a natural gas leak from a pipeline off the coast of Louisiana.

Terrance McGill, vice president of natural gas operations at Enbridge, said the company was investigating reports of a gas leak about 60 miles off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico.

"If a leak is confirmed as a result of the diving activities, we will immediately begin repairs," he said in a statement. "We do not anticipate any potential business interruption to be material."

McGill said a dive team was dispatched to investigate following reports of a 3-foot-diameter patch of bubbles near the pipeline. Stingray can carry as much as 560 million cubic feet of natural gas per day.

The leak comes amid debates over plans by Enbridge to build the Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta tar sands fields to the west coast of Canada.

The Canadian government complained "radicals" were behind plans to thwart the project that could ultimately feed energy-hungry Asia.

Critics complain Alberta crude is the dirtiest type of oil on Earth. Enbridge is still working to clean up a spill of Alberta crude from a pipeline that ruptured in southern Michigan in 2010.

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration had no public comment available on the Enbridge incident in the Gulf of Mexico.

Recommended Stories
© 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Energy Resources Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
Armstrong. Collarbone, not so much
Some people write "wash me" on dirty cars. Then there's this guy
Old news: Nebraska man convicted of driving while drunk and naked, with truck full of naked passengers....
One Million Moms is not pleased with Marvel and DC's homosexual comic book characters, sees no reason...
Woman complains her husband needs porn on TV to get him in the mood for sex - without once describing...
That strange noise your phone just made? You probably shouldn't ignore it as you're about to get...