Construction of the Enbridge crude oil pipeline from Flanagan, Ill., to Cushing, Okla., will start in early August.
Enbridge and U.S. Pipeline, which will build the south half of the 600-mile transportation system, had a come-and-go open house here Thursday to appraise local folks of what to expect.
Statistics are staggering. The steel pipeline will be constructed in 80-foot joints, 36 inches in diameter with half-inch thick walls. Each joint weighs 17,000 pounds with costs of about $17,000. The pipe, of recycled steel, is being produced in mills in…
In the pipeline Enbridge to route oil across county
