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First test of Olympic pipeline section is a success, BP says
Tuesday, January 30, 2001
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BELLINGHAM -- BP has successfully tested a block valve installed on a section of Olympic gasoline pipeline north of here, the company said yesterday.
It's one of a series of valves being checked on the line, which has been restricted since a 1999 leak and fireball killed three people in a Bellingham park.
Chris Hoidel, the Western regional director for the federal Office of Pipeline Safety, is overseeing the tests. He said yesterday that if all the valve tests are as successful as this one, he will have no problem clearing BP to resume full operation of the line.
Hoidel says the BP pipeline has more safety valves than any similar U.S. pipeline.
Frank King, whose 10-year-old son, Wade, was one of the three people killed, turned up at the BP news conference. He was not impressed with the test.
King said it's unconscionable for BP to restart the line when the cause of the accident has not been determined.
He said pipelines are not the safest way to move fuel -- just the cheapest.
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