{"id":34930,"date":"2018-06-08T08:11:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T13:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34930"},"modified":"2018-06-08T08:11:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T13:11:26","slug":"transcanadas-new-best-in-class-gas-pipeline-explodes-in-west-virginia-causing-fiery-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=34930","title":{"rendered":"TransCanada&#8217;s New &#8216;Best-In-Class&#8217; Gas Pipeline Explodes in West Virginia, Causing Fiery Blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"page-title\" class=\"page__title title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2018\/06\/07\/new-transcanada-leach-xpress-pipeline-explodes-west-virginia\">TransCanada&#8217;s New &#8216;Best-In-Class&#8217; Gas Pipeline Explodes in West Virginia, Causing Fiery Blast<\/a><\/h3>\n<article class=\"node-12981 node node-blog node-promoted view-mode-full clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-bimage field-type-image field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/sites\/beta.desmogblog.com\/files\/styles\/full_width_blog_image\/public\/blogimages\/TransCanada%20Blast.jpg?itok=NyhIA8LE\" alt=\"Gas pipeline flames\" width=\"826\" height=\"620\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"new-horizontal-social-bar clearfix\">\n<div class=\"new-horizontal-share-wrapper new-horizontal-email-wrapper clearfix last\">This morning, residents of Marshall County, West Virginia, awoke at 4:15 a.m. to a major natural gas rupture and explosion on TransCanada&#8217;s Leach <span class=\"caps\">XP<\/span>ress pipeline on Nixon Ridge \u2014 a quickly built pipeline only half a year\u00a0old.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>The fire was visible for miles, local <span class=\"caps\">TV<\/span> news reported. Police warned anyone who could see the flames to evacuate \u2014 and the Emergency Management Agency director of neighboring Ohio County said officials had received dozens of 911 calls from locals able to see the fire, which was extinguished roughly four hours later. The blast was so powerful that one resident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gas-pipeline-explosion-rocks-moundsville-area-northern-west-virginia-sends-flames-high-in-air\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> a local <span class=\"caps\">CBS<\/span> affiliate it felt like a tornado was passing\u00a0through.<\/p>\n<p>No one was injured, and no property damage was reported, TransCananda said in a statement released today, adding that the cause of the explosion was not yet\u00a0determined.<\/p>\n<p>The Leach <span class=\"caps\">XP<\/span>ress pipeline is just six months old, having been put into service on January 1,\u00a02018.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, TransCanada emphasized that it was built quickly \u2014 but safely. \u201cLeach <span class=\"caps\">XP<\/span>ress was done in less than a year,\u201d Scott Castleman, manager of <span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span> Gas Communications for TransCanada, said in a January\u00a0statement.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>We\u2019re looking forward to generations of safe operations,\u201d he added. \u201cThis is truly a best-in-class pipeline and we look forward to many years of safe, reliable, and efficient operation on behalf of our\u00a0customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leach <span class=\"caps\">XP<\/span>ress is the first in a series of major TransCanada pipeline construction projects \u2014 and part of a larger sprint to build out oil and gas pipelines nationwide, spurred by an urgent push to get shale gas and oil to\u00a0market.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>This is our first major pipeline in our growth portfolio,\u201d Castleman said in January. \u201cThere\u2019s currently about 8 and a half billion dollars in pipeline projects in the works for the <span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span> and\u00a0TransCanada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TransCanada&#8217;s New &#8216;Best-In-Class&#8217; Gas Pipeline Explodes in West Virginia, Causing Fiery Blast This morning, residents of Marshall County, West Virginia, awoke at 4:15 a.m. to a major natural gas rupture and explosion on TransCanada&#8217;s Leach XPress pipeline on Nixon Ridge \u2014 a quickly built pipeline only half a year\u00a0old. 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