tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post7071648568793023642..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-12529777357850208572014-11-22T10:27:38.578-05:002014-11-22T10:27:38.578-05:00What Ken saidWhat Ken saidYastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-1847566604523533472014-11-22T08:46:12.784-05:002014-11-22T08:46:12.784-05:00You know who could lay a pipeline?
Ronald Reagan....You know who could lay a pipeline?<br /><br />Ronald Reagan.<br />THAT'S who!<br /><br />Man, Peggy knows that the man had a pipe - and that he loved laying his pipe!<br />In her fevered dreams...Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-62100045376854113172014-11-21T19:25:42.705-05:002014-11-21T19:25:42.705-05:00I'd love to know what she means by "press...I'd love to know what she means by "pressed" in this bit: "If it is done right, the people who build the pipeline could be pressed to take on young men -- skill-less, aimless". Because if anyone from the despised government started "pressing" the masters of the corporate universe to hire a few young moocher losers out of the goodness of their hearts, conservatives would scream bloody murder at the statist interference in private enterprise. <br /><br />But she's right about global warming. All America has to do is man up, grow a pair and stare global warming down. It will slink off to some other planet. Ken_Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11709548046018362581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-68775761159298411832014-11-21T17:56:25.195-05:002014-11-21T17:56:25.195-05:00Ran into the crew building the Enbridge Flanagan S...Ran into the crew building the Enbridge Flanagan South tar sand pipelines in Quincy, IL a ways back. Flanagan South will connect the tar sand pipelines currently feeding BP in Whiting, IN, and Conoco across the river from St, Louis; to the Cushing, OK terminal Keystone will hook up to. They are building along their existing natural gas pipeline so few permit issures. It will of course cross a few environmentally sensitive things, including the Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, and Arkansas Rivers.<br /><br />You can Google Enbridge Flanagan South and read Enbridge's construction techniques, commitment to safety, pipeline route maps and related documents. The crew mostly consists of heavy equipment operators to dig trenches, pick up, and drop pipe; and welders to connect the pipe. There are ancilaary jobs - a good number including pipe segment staging and transportation; and source material jobs including making the pipe. But as far as installing the lines, a crew of fifteen is plenty. Maybe tack on a few when crossing a river.<br /><br />As far as jobs after built - chemical plants/pipelines rely on automation. 35 permanent jobs souds about right. Need someone to look at a screen in Flanagan and Cushing to note what tanks are being pumped from, valve position, etc. Most of the rest of the jobs would be checking/calibrating flow monitors and related instruements, exercising valves and related. If the sensors detect a line break, expect they would close valves from the PLC screen, and send a local contractor to investigate.Marthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03369769032056391126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-63939519646891277682014-11-21T16:49:52.915-05:002014-11-21T16:49:52.915-05:00Shut up, sissyShut up, sissyPJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613434988215303260noreply@blogger.com