❤️ Riama 🐷

"Riama is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America. Species The genus Riama contains 15 species which are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org. *Riama anatoloros *Riama balneator *Riama cashcaensis – Kizorian's lightbulb lizard *Riama colomaromani *Riama columbiana – Colombian lightbulb lizard *Riama inanis *Riama labionis *Riama meleagris – brown lightbulb lizard *Riama orcesi *Riama raneyi *Riama simotera – O'Shaughnessy's lightbulb lizard *Riama stigmatoral *Riama striata – striped lightbulb lizard, *Riama unicolor – drab lightbulb lizard *Riama yumborum Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Riama. References Further reading *Gray JE (1858). "Description of Riama, a New Genus of Lizards, forming a distinct Family". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series 1858: 444–446. (Riama, new genus, p. 445; R. unicolor, new species, p. 446 + Plate XV, figure 2). Category:Lizards of South America Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray "

❤️ List of pipeline accidents in the United States in 2006 🐷

"The following is a list of pipeline accidents in the United States in 2006. It is one of several lists of U.S. pipeline accidents. See also list of natural gas and oil production accidents in the United States. Incidents This is not a complete list of all pipeline accidents. For natural gas alone, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), a United States Department of Transportation agency, has collected data on more than 3,200 accidents deemed serious or significant since 1987. A "significant incident" results in any of the following consequences: * fatality or injury requiring in-patient hospitalization * $50,000 or more in total costs, measured in 1984 dollars * liquid releases of five or more barrels (42 US gal/barrel) * releases resulting in an unintentional fire or explosion PHMSA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) post incident data and results of investigations into accidents involving pipelines that carry a variety of products, including natural gas, oil, diesel fuel, gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, carbon dioxide, and other substances. Occasionally pipelines are repurposed to carry different products.Data sets of PHMSA Pipeline Safety-Flagged Incidents for 1986-2001, 2002-2009, and 2010-2017 can be downloaded from the tab by that name on the PHMSA's Pipeline Incident Flagged Files page at https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/data-and- statistics/pipeline/pipeline-incident-flagged-files, accessed 2018.01.10. PHMSA Corrective Action Orders are at https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/reports/enforce/CAO_opid_0.html. PHMSA Pipeline Failure Investigation Reports are at https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/safety-reports/pipeline-failure-investigation- reports. NTSB Pipeline Accident Reports are at https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/pipeline.aspx. * On January 13, a pipeline leak near Independence, Kansas spilled about 135,000 gallons of petroleum product, of which about 93,000 gallons was lost. The pipeline failed from external corrosion. * On February 28, a gas compressor station explosion severely burned a worker, and set off a raging fire near De Beque, Colorado. A second explosion at that site soon after caused no injuries. * The Prudhoe Bay oil spill: On March 2, a surveillance crew discovered a crude oil spill from a BP crude pipeline near North Slope Borough, Alaska. The pipeline failure resulted in a release currently estimated at of processed crude oil, impacting the arctic tundra and covering approximately of permafrost. The pipeline's leak detection system was not effective in recognizing and identifying the failure. Failure to run cleaning pigs to remove internal corrosive build up was a factor. The failure caused crude oil prices to spike throughout the World. * On March 23, a pipeline failed west of Toledo, Ohio, spilling about of unleaded gasoline. During the repair work, another smaller nearby leak was also found. * On April 17, a Plantation Pipeline line experienced a failure in Henrico County, near Richmond, Virginia. The failure resulted in the release of 23,226 gallons of jet fuel in a residential area. The jet fuel sprayed for approximately 14 minutes and the spray traveled the distance of approximately . The jet fuel did not ignite. * On June 27, a Koch Industries pipeline carrying crude oil failed near the town of Little Falls, Minnesota. The pipeline operator estimated that approximately of crude oil were released. The pipeline failed due to previous mechanical damage to it. * On July 22, a Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company gas transmission pipeline ruptured, resulting in an estimated release of of natural gas near Clay City in Clark County, Kentucky. The gas ignited, but there were no injuries, and just minor property damage. External corrosion was suspected. * On July 22, 2006, near Campbellsville, Kentucky, a Kinder Morgan Tennessee Gas Pipeline exploded. A 25-foot-long piece of pipe blew out of the ground and landed 200 feet away; the pipe wad twisted and mangled, its external coating burned off. The 24" pipeline ruptured due to an area of external bacterial corrosion more than two feet long at the bottom of a valley in an area of wet shale, known to cause corrosion on buried pipelines in this part of Kentucky. The pipe was manufactured in 1944.PHMSA Pipeline Safety-Flagged Incidents (1986-2001) link on the Pipeline Incident Flagged Files page at www.phmsa.dot.govdata-and-statisticspipelinepipeline-incident- flagged-files. PHMSA Corrective Action Order, CPF No. 2-2006-3 007 H, aka CPF 220061007H. PHMSA data on GT & GG pipelines, 2002-2009. * On August 7, a leak from a pump on a pipeline, released about 241,000 gallons of HVL's, in Jennings, Louisiana. * On August 12, a Kinder Morgan petroleum pipeline failed in Romeoville, Illinois. About of butane were lost. External corrosion was the cause, but there were no injuries. * On September 8, a leak on a pump on an LPG pipeline in Apex, North Carolina spilled about 12,000 gallons of propane, forcing evacuations. * On September 29, a crew replacing an old pipeline hit a high pressure gas pipeline in Labette County, Kansas, killing a crewman. Residents within a mile of the incident were evacuated for a time. * On October 12, a pipeline exploded when a tugboat pushing two barges hit that pipeline in West Cote Blanche Bay, about two miles (3 km) from shore and southwest of New Orleans, Louisiana. Four crew members were killed, and two were missing and later presumed dead. * On October 25, an ammonia pipeline failed from corrosion near Clay Center, Kansas, releasing about 4500 barrels of ammonia. two people were injured by the fumes. * On November 11, 2006, near Cheyenne, Wyoming, a jet-black, burn site surrounded the skeletal hulk of a bulldozer that struck the Rockies Express (REX) natural-gas pipeline, setting off an explosion and fire. The bulldozer operator was killed. The subcontractor did not know there was another pipeline there because no one had marked the position of the existing pipeline. The company building the new pipeline was fined $2.3 million for failing to obtain a location for the other pipeline. Two months after this explosion, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission threatened to shut the project down if REX didn’t improve its “poor compliance record” involving construction activity outside the approved work area.Tom Beyerlein, “Fatal explosion puts Kinder Morgan’s past in spotlight,” Dayton Daily News [Ohio], September 14, 2008, in Tar Sands Free BC, September 15, 2008, http://tarsandsfreebc.org/?p=236 , accessed June 16, 2014. * On or about November 27, 2006, approximately 97 barrels of gasoline were discharged from a portion of Plantation Pipeline in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, into Paw Creek and its adjoining shorelines. The leak resulted from a failed gasket on an above-ground block valve. * 2006 Falk Corporation explosion: Leaks in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin propane pipe running below an apartment building caused an explosion. Three people were killed and forty-seven others injured. * On December 19, a lineman for Midwest Energy hit a natural gas transmission pipeline near Mason, Michigan. The lineman was killed in the following explosion and fire. * On December 24, a Plains All American Pipeline ruptured, spilling about 23,856 gallons of crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico, about 30 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas. References Category:Lists of pipeline accidents in the United States Category:2006 disasters in the United States "

❤️ Rwanda Standard Gauge Railway 🐷

"The Rwanda Standard Gauge Railway is a railway system, under development, linking the country to the neighboring countries of Tanzania and Uganda. The system is expected to link, in the future, to Rwanda's two other neighbors, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Through Uganda, the SGR will allow, faster access to the Kenyan port of Mombasa, Rwanda's primary access to the oceans. With no previously existing railway network, Rwanda is developing its railway system from scratch. Location The railway system would consist of several major sections: ; Rusumo–Kigali Section This section, measuring , is part of the Isaka–Kigali Standard Gauge Railway, a joint railway between the governments of Rwanda and Tanzania. Construction is scheduled to begin in October 2018, and the Rusumo–Kigali section is budgeted to cost US$847 million. ; Kigali–Rubavu Section When the SGR reaches Kigali, the governments of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are expected to work out the modalities for the extension of this railway system to DRCongo territory. The section from Kigali to Rubavu is about . In June 2019, the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo indicated its willingness to participate in a feasibility study for the SGR to extend to Rubavu and Goma. ; Kigali–Bugesera Airport–Nemba Section This section, measuring about , stretching from Masaka, in Kigali, through Bugesera International Airport to Nemba, at the international border with Burundi, is yet to be awarded to a contractor, as of September 2018. The government of Rwanda has committed to extending the SGR to Bugesera International Airport, at a budgeted cost of US$85 million. ; Kagitumba–Kigali Section When the Uganda Standard Gauge Railway is built, the Ugandan SGR is planned to connect to the Rwanda SGR at Mirama Hills/Kagitumba. From there, the line would pass through Nyagatare, Gatsibo, Gicumbi, Rwamagana, Gasabo and terminate at Masaka for cargo and Ndera for passengers. This section measures approximately . Overview This 1435 mm (4 ft in) railway line is intended to ease the transfer of goods between the ports of Dar es Salaam and Mombasa, to Kigali in Rwanda and subsequently to Bujumbura in Burundi, and to Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In conformity with its neighbors Uganda and Tanzania, Rwanda will use electricity to power its locomotives. This will allow the passenger locomotive speeds to be increased to per hour and cargo locomotives to per hour. In October 2018, The EastAfrican newspaper reported that construction would begin in December 2018. See also * Standard-gauge railway * Uganda Standard Gauge Railway * Isaka–Kigali Standard Gauge Railway References External links *East African leaders push for quick deal on SGR As of 26 June 2018. Category:Standard gauge railways in Rwanda Category:International railway lines Category:Railway lines in Rwanda Category:Government-owned companies of Rwanda Category:Transport in Rwanda "