
Originally Posted by
mugofbeer
Doubt this or a spill from Keystone would do anything to an aquifer. Especially at this point this year, its been pretty cold and snowy in ND so the oil should be pretty thick and not go into the soil. Big spill or not, the company should pretty easily be able to clean this up. The environmental agencies just need to be sure its done completely.
Yes, it will cost Tesoro millions to clean but that's not that much for them.
If it were oil sands and the pipeline broke, it would still be an extremely thick tar/sand substance that wouldn't go far.
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