The pipeline that blew up in Westmoreland county, PA back at the end of April is going to be partially dug up and fully inspected along a 263 mile stretch, shown above.  Thanks to Great Southern Press for putting the map together.

The article by Anya Litvak over at PowerSource goes into some detail about pipeline coatings and what probably went wrong on the Westmoreland County, PA pipeline.  It’s an excellent article and well worth the read.

If you don’t have the five or ten minutes it will take to read it, just make sure that if you have a Texas Eastern pipeline across your property that was built in the 1970s or 1980s that you have Spectra Energy come out and inspect you section of the pipeline.