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Issue 3, July 2002

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Hardness on the Pipe
Wasting Away - Again
Closed Valve Remains Undetected Until
Emergency Shut-Down Woes
River Crossing Instability
Statistics
Summaries
Investigations
Final Reports

Photos

Photo  1 - Downstream end of rupture
Photo  2 - Escaping gas ignited.
Photo  3 - Ruptured pipe on Line 100-3 near Cabri, Saskatchewan.
Photo  4 - Ruptured pipeline
Photo  5 - TCPL Compressor Station 30
Photo  6 - Ruptured Lines 100-3 and 100-4
Photo  7 - Fragment landing site with La Salle River in the background
Photo  8 - Second fragment retrieved from river bottom
Photo  9 - Tapping connection
Photo 10 - Failed nipple

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