Gas pipeline that ruptured in NE Wyoming repaired
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A natural gas pipeline in northeastern Wyoming that ruptured last month is back in service, but federal regulators continue to investigate the cause of the blast.
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A natural gas pipeline in northeastern Wyoming that ruptured last month is back in service, but federal regulators continue to investigate the cause of the blast.
David Dodson, a spokesman for Calgary-based TransCanada Corp., tells the Casper Star-Tribune that federal officials are allowing the 30-inch-wide Bison Pipeline to transport 240 million cubic feet of natural gas a day. That's more than half of its contracted amount of 407 million cubic feet of gas per day.
The pipeline ruptured 20 miles northwest of Gillette on July 20, blowing out of the earth and rattling nearby homes. Dodson says the company plans to perform another inspection by Monday.
The 302-mile pipeline stretches from Wyoming's Powder River Basin north to the Northern Border Pipeline in North Dakota, which serves customers in the Midwest.
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