Anyone noticed the Transcanada pipeline coming thru?

[cleller]

I guess they still call the pipeline that, or is it the Keystone XL? Anyway, the route from Cushing to Houston is moving along. You can see them working on it along the Turner Turnpike (I-44) just west of the big toll center near Stroud.
I've been seeing scads of trucks hauling pipe up and down Hwy 99 south of Stroud. Each of the trucks carries 3 large pipes, probably 65-70 ft long, and is escorted. So that's only about 200 ft of pipeline per truck. What a huge job. They turn off Hwy 99 and head east to the route of the pipeline.

Transcanada has rented 80acres for a pipeyard/office/operations center in Prague. When they are done, it will all leapfrog south. From what I hear, they are very professional. I've even seen them spraying water on the dirt roads they travel on.

[rock on sooner]

I guess they still call the pipeline that, or is it the Keystone XL? Anyway, the route from Cushing to Houston is moving along. You can see them working on it along the Turner Turnpike (I-44) just west of the big toll center near Stroud.
I've been seeing scads of trucks hauling pipe up and down Hwy 99 south of Stroud. Each of the trucks carries 3 large pipes, probably 65-70 ft long, and is escorted. So that's only about 200 ft of pipeline per truck. What a huge job. They turn off Hwy 99 and head east to the route of the pipeline.

Transcanada has rented 80acres for a pipeyard/office/operations center in Prague. When they are done, it will all leapfrog south. From what I hear, they are very professional. I've even seen them spraying water on the dirt roads they travel on.

i hear a report on NPR back last summer about some landowners in
East Texas literally standing with shotguns in front of bulldozers that
were tearing apart the landscape. The landowners were being arrested
for impeding the process...something about eminent domain...haven't
heard anything else since, though...

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Its the part that The Socialist couldn't **** up...

[TheHumanAlphabet]

i hear a report on NPR back last summer about some landowners in
East Texas literally standing with shotguns in front of bulldozers that
were tearing apart the landscape. The landowners were being arrested
for impeding the process...something about eminent domain...haven't
heard anything else since, though...

It was just a few families. I think they were isolationists or something...

[rock on sooner]

It was just a few families. I think they were isolationists or something...

Could well have been, just remember that they were REALLY angry
and had some dozer drivers ducking for cover...

[bluedogok]

There are pipeline easements all over Texas and especially on that run down to Houston. Land owners may not like them coming in a building it but in many cases they bought land with easements or were paid (or their ancestors) for those easements. Having done some developments in the Houston area it can really constrain the yield of a property but you have to deal with them, in many cases they have been in place a long, long time. While Texas may be a fairly strong property rights state, in most cases mineral rights trump the property owner rights.

[picasso]

i hear a report on NPR back last summer about some landowners in
East Texas literally standing with shotguns in front of bulldozers that
were tearing apart the landscape. The landowners were being arrested
for impeding the process...something about eminent domain...haven't
heard anything else since, though...
On NPR? I just can't frickin' imagine that.

[cleller]

i hear a report on NPR back last summer about some landowners in
East Texas literally standing with shotguns in front of bulldozers that
were tearing apart the landscape. The landowners were being arrested
for impeding the process...something about eminent domain...haven't
heard anything else since, though...

I just heard another story on NPR about the pipeline. Some guy is walking the whole route, following the pipeline. Missed the first of the show, so I don't know why he wants to do this. The walker mentioned Canadian landowners absolutely love the pipeline, because of the money its given them. The Americans only so-so. He readily admits he trespasses over people's property the whole way, but has been treated mostly great.
The walker related a terrifying story of how he was chased by cows.

The trucks/pipes are still rolling like crazy. I went down to see it the other day, pretty big spectacle cutting across the landscape. 36 inch pipe.

[12]

...36 inch pipe.

Uh... Huh huh huh.

[Midtowner]

Last time I was in Madill, I saw something being laid. No idea what.

[olevetonahill]

Back in the 70s I drove truck hauling Pipe out of El Reno.
They got Piszed as hell if you got off the right away. Seems some of the farmers were just watching for that kinda stuff and would Hold a truck or Dozer or whatever got off the ROW hostage at Gun Point and the Company had to pay to get em to let em have it back

[rock on sooner]

I just heard another story on NPR about the pipeline. Some guy is walking the whole route, following the pipeline. Missed the first of the show, so I don't know why he wants to do this. The walker mentioned Canadian landowners absolutely love the pipeline, because of the money its given them. The Americans only so-so. He readily admits he trespasses over people's property the whole way, but has been treated mostly great.
The walker related a terrifying story of how he was chased by cows.

The trucks/pipes are still rolling like crazy. I went down to see it the other day, pretty big spectacle cutting across the landscape. 36 inch pipe.

I heard the same story. He's doing it to drum up support for the
pipeline. Pointed out that the Canadians don't care about the
environment like the Americans appear to.

[TheHumanAlphabet]

Some dude has got a Fed judge to stop the construction of the pipeline going thru his property in East Texas. He claims what they are transporting ain't crude... As soon as the judge sees an assay, I bet that will be lifted...

[KantoSooner]

I don't know if it was the Transcanada pipeline or not, but I think it was. Their break truck was serving donuts and molson, so it was a good bet.

[yermom]

Uh... Huh huh huh.

pipe.

[olevetonahill]

pipe.

Ive laid a LOT of pipe in my time .