Exxon-Mobil stops production near pipeline spill

[gabosaurus]

Perhaps letters and petitions do have some effect. Or so my daughter hopes, anyway.

Exxon Mobil said Tuesday it had stopped production at three offshore platforms that shipped oil to an onshore processing plant isolated after a California pipeline ruptured and was shut down. The May 19 breach of Plains All American’s 24-inch oil pipeline spilled up to 101,000 gallons of crude along the California coast and took the Santa Barbara County pipeline out of service. The shutdown closed off an artery connecting Exxon Mobil’s nearby Santa Ynez processing plant to refineries.
The oil initially continued to flow from offshore platforms, building up in storage at the stranded plant.
As the oil storage tanks filled, Exxon Mobil petitioned Santa Barbara County for an emergency permit to transport the oil out by truck. The company estimated it would run out of storage space by early July.

On June 10, the county denied Exxon Mobil’s expedited request, saying the company’s filling storage tanks didn’t constitute an emergency.

http://fuelfix.com/blog/2015/06/23/e...ne/#33115101=0

[LongTermGuy]

http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/02/23/t...nge-orthodoxy/

`In the short space of less than two weeks, there have been several climate change actions that might be signs bordering on desperation. First, Secretary of State John Kerry stated that climate change was like a weapon of mass destruction. And then, President Obama announced plans for additional heavy-duty vehicle fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards to further reduce carbon emissions that he claimed are having a severe impact on our weather. On top of these Administration announcements, a hedge fund billionaire announced a commitment of $100 million in climate advocacy.
Climate change advocates have been on defense since last fall’s report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the continued failure of the climate system to conform to model predictions. The shrillness of the apocalyptics just gets louder and more extreme. Their rhetoric proves the Ron Bailey’s truism that freeze or fry, wet or dry, the problem is always the same, man’s use of fossil energy.
Since Al Gore left Washington to rake in millions by selling climate solutions, Secretary Kerry seems to have more or less taken his place. And, now he is using his cabinet platform to continue deep forebodings about our future. While political rhetoric on climate change is to be expected from environmental extremists, comparing it to thermonuclear, chemical, and biological weapons is, as Newt Gingrich said, delusional. His attack on scientists on who do not embrace climate orthodoxy is not only insulting but also dangerous to the scientific establishment. Those who reject the climate orthodoxy provide science based reasons for their positions. People like Secretary Kerry insult and make indictments.`