Structural issues caused by “bending stress on the pipe” and “a weld flaw” are to blame for the Keystone Pipeline’s oil spill in rural northern Kansas earlier this winter, according to pipeline ...

A leak of nearly 13,000 barrels of crude oil from the Keystone Pipeline near the Kansas-Nebraska border last year was caused by a flawed weld and stress on the pipe from being bent, the operator said.

Correct welding procedures are extremely important elements of the work done by the PSEG Central Maintenance Shop (serving Public Service Electric and Gas Co., PSEG, a New Jersey utility). We have, ...

Pipeline operator TC Energy Corp said on Thursday a combination of factors including bending stress on the pipe and a weld flaw might have led to the Keystone oil spill and that it was expecting $480 ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Bending stress during construction and over time led to cracking at a weld and, ultimately, a rupture that send thousands of barrels of oil into a Washington Co. creek. Those ...