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February 15, 2013
Report: Chevron should have replaced leaky pipe
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Government investigators have found that a decades-old pipe that leaked and caused a massive fire at a Chevron refinery in California was corroded, and the company knew it should have been replaced.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board and California Division of Occupational Safety and Health issued the report Wednesday, finding the 8-inch steel pipe was installed in 1976 and ruptured due to corrosion.
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