Tar Sands No Worse than Other Oils for Pipeline Spills

[caption id="attachment_13299" align="alignleft" width="385" caption="Feeder pipelines, like the one in the foreground here, must be rotated to prevent wear. Image (C) David Biello"] [/caption]The oil derived from Canada's tar sands is more acidic than other forms of petroleum. So does this mean that diluted bitumen (or "dilbit") is more corrosive when flowing through a pipeline? The answer is no , according to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council. [More]