Despite Flooding, Two Pipelines Under the Missouri Still Deemed Safe -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

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State Water Commission employees said that two pipelines under the Missouri River have not been harmed by riverbed scouring caused by flooding.

“Our concern was that those pipelines would be exposed and might fail,” said Bruce Engelhardt, engineer with the Water Commission. “What we found was that there’s still plenty of cover over the pipelines.”

NuStar Energy has an underground pipeline carrying petroleum products from the Tesoro refinery. Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co. has another that transports natural gas. Both cross under the Missouri north of Bismarck and south of the Misty Waters Marina, according to Kelly Casteel of the Water Commission.