Gas Flows Resume After Canada Pipe Rupture Hits Oil Refiners
- Explosion Tuesday halted Enbridge Westcoast gas pipeline
- Fortis says gas is flowing again on smaller, adjacent conduit
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Natural gas has begun flowing again on a pipeline in British Columbia after a rupture on an adjacent line forced oil refineries in Washington to cut output and sent gasoline prices soaring up and down the West Coast.
An explosion Tuesday on Enbridge Inc.’s Westcoast Mainline gas system rippled through energy markets in the Pacific Northwest. Late Thursday, Enbridge announced it had begun pumping gas through a 30-inch (76-centimeter) line that is in the same right of way as the 36-inch pipe that burst. The smaller conduit, shut as a precautionary measure after the rupture, will be returned to about 80 percent of its capacity.