Protesters emerge from pipeline stored at construction site

[Smokin Joe]

Protesters emerge from pipeline stored at construction site
http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2016/10/oil-and-gas-protesters-emerge-from-pipeline-stored-at-construction-site.html?eid=290980193&bid=1554371
 October 11, 2016

By The Associated Press
VERPLANCK, N.Y. (AP) — Four protesters have emerged from an above-ground section of a steel natural gas pipeline that's being built underneath the Hudson River after they climbed into it to protest a pipeline from Pennsylvania to New York.

A protest group says Rebecca Berlin, Mackenzie Wilkins, Dave Publow and Janet Gonzalez entered a work site early Monday and entered the 42-inch pipeline...

Excerpt: Remainder of the article at:
http://www.pennenergy.com/articles/pennenergy/2016/10/oil-and-gas-protesters-emerge-from-pipeline-stored-at-construction-site.html?eid=290980193&bid=1554371

There seems to be a pattern of protestor behaviour here. Anyone with some trained skunks could maybe put 'em to work getting these folks to move on...

[thackney]

Weld them, let them crawl out at the end.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Weld them, let them crawl out at the end.

The precedent of burial in construction sites has been already set.

When Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered construction of the Great Wall around 221 B.C., the labor force that built the wall was made up largely of soldiers and convicts. It is said that as many as 400,000 people died during the wall's construction; many of these workers were buried within the wall itself.

[Smokin Joe]

@thackney @IsailedawayfromFR

It is getting crazy out there:

Groups express concerns as crude-oil pipeline protests escalate
http://www.ogj.com/articles/2016/10/groups-express-concerns-as-crude-oil-pipeline-protests-escalate.html?cmpid=EnlDailyOctober122016&eid=290980193&bid=1555477

Three groups that support the Dakota Access crude-oil pipeline and similar oil and gas transportation projects separately expressed concerns on Oct. 11 after protesters broke into facilities near the Canadian border and elsewhere and tried to close pipeline valves manually.

The activists’ actions were a danger to themselves, workers, and the surrounding communities while also potentially disrupting fuel supplies to refiners and, ultimately, consumers, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers Pres. Chet Thompson maintained.

Thompson cited reports that activists in Clearbrook, Minn., were caught trespassing and forcing the shutdown of several pipelines. TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone pipeline in Walhalla, ND, also saw protestors and closed a line near that location. Spectra Energy’s Express pipeline in Coal Banks Landing, Mont., also closed in the face of protests.

Together, these pipelines supply more than 2.5 million b/d of crude oil to....

[montanajoe]

One of these days these idiots are going to get their dumb asses killed and of course it will never be their own fault...

[dfwgator]

One of these days these idiots are going to get their dumb asses killed and of course it will never be their own fault...

Where are the cops with nightsticks when you need them?

[thackney]

These nuts are going to get more than themselves killed.

[thackney]

@thackney @IsailedawayfromFR

It is getting crazy out there:

Groups express concerns as crude-oil pipeline protests escalate
http://www.ogj.com/articles/2016/10/groups-express-concerns-as-crude-oil-pipeline-protests-escalate.html?cmpid=EnlDailyOctober122016&eid=290980193&bid=1555477
Thompson cited reports that activists in Clearbrook, Minn., were caught trespassing and forcing the shutdown of several pipelines. TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone pipeline in Walhalla, ND, also saw protestors and closed a line near that location. Spectra Energy’s Express pipeline in Coal Banks Landing, Mont., also closed in the face of protests.

Bolt cutters expose vulnerability of North America's oil pipeline grid
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-canada-pipelines-vulnerabilities-idUSKCN12C0BK

All it took was a pair of bolt cutters and the elbow grease of a few climate activists to carry out an audacious act of sabotage on North America's massive oil and gas pipeline system.

For an industry increasingly reliant on gadgets such as digital sensors, infrared cameras and drones to monitor security and check for leaks, the sabotage illustrated how vulnerable pipelines are to low-tech attacks.

On Tuesday, climate activists broke through fences and cut locks and chains simultaneously in several states and simply turned the pipelines off.

All they had to do was twist shut giant valves on five cross-border pipelines that together can send 2.8 million barrels a day of crude to the United States from Canada - equal to about 15 percent of daily U.S. consumption.

The activists did no damage to the pipelines, which operating companies shut down as a precaution for checks before restarting....

[Smokin Joe]

Bolt cutters expose vulnerability of North America's oil pipeline grid
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-canada-pipelines-vulnerabilities-idUSKCN12C0BK

All it took was a pair of bolt cutters and the elbow grease of a few climate activists to carry out an audacious act of sabotage on North America's massive oil and gas pipeline system.

For an industry increasingly reliant on gadgets such as digital sensors, infrared cameras and drones to monitor security and check for leaks, the sabotage illustrated how vulnerable pipelines are to low-tech attacks.

On Tuesday, climate activists broke through fences and cut locks and chains simultaneously in several states and simply turned the pipelines off.

All they had to do was twist shut giant valves on five cross-border pipelines that together can send 2.8 million barrels a day of crude to the United States from Canada - equal to about 15 percent of daily U.S. consumption.

The activists did no damage to the pipelines, which operating companies shut down as a precaution for checks before restarting....

Face it, production facilities are soft targets. Ditto midstream infrastructure. I just don't think anyone seriously expected them to come under attack on our own soil--at least from people who supposedly want to "save the environment".

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Where are the cops with nightsticks when you need them?

It's private property, where are the security guards?

[Smokin Joe]

It's private property, where are the security guards?

Even more interesting, considering many of these facilities are in fairly remote locations and are nondescript, is that the ecoterrorists had the information to know where to go.

Security guards for every shutoff valve would really increase overhead, and none of the locals would ever consider screwing around with the pipelines, just because the mess would be in their own back yard. If their vehicles had local license plates on them, it was because they rented them here.

[thackney]

Valve stations are often small 30 ft x 30 ft fence with a little equipment and often no building in the middle of nowhere with no staff.  For safety reasons there will be a lot of these along a Pipeline.  Often they never are used except in the case of a Pipeline leak between valve stations.

It would be like expecting the electric utility company to put guards at every outdoor switch on distribution circuits.