Tom Still: Transporting oil always comes with risks, but pipelines safer, more efficient


Tom Still: Transporting oil always comes with risks, but pipelines safer, more efficient


MADISON – With a constancy that goes unnoticed by most people, crude and refined oil flows past us every minute, hour and day.

Millions of barrels move to and through Wisconsin daily via a mix of transportation modes that carry with them varying degrees of risk and efficiency.

Public perceptions of risk matter at a time when the flow of oil from Canada, Alaska and the Dakotas remains high – and when 15 percent of the nation’s crude oil imports are passing through a major terminal in Superior, Wis., on the way south and east....

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Ken Notes: Tom is a braver man than I. I do tend to agree but I do not believe Wisconsin gets nearly enough in the exchange...

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