Pipeline Expert: Over 90% Probability of Canada's Line 9 Rupture with Tar Sands Dilbit

“I do not make the statement ‘high risk for a rupture’ lightly or often.  There are serious problems with Line 9 that need to be addressed,” Richard Kuprewicz, a pipeline safety expert with over forty years of experience in the energy sector, said in an interview with DeSmog Canada.

Hundreds rallied in Toronto on the weekend to voice their opposition to Enbridge’s plans to ship Alberta tar sands bitumen from Sarnia to Montreal through the 37-year-old Line 9 pipeline.

Kuprewicz also expressed concerns about transporting diluted bitumen through Line 9, saying it will increase the growth rates of cracks on the pipeline.  Line 9 lies in the most populated part of Canada and crosses the St. Lawrence River and major waterways flowing into Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.  A Line 9 spill could pollute the drinking water of millions of Canadians.



Pipeline Expert: Over 90% Probability of Canada's Line 9 Rupture with Tar Sands Dilbit