Tar Sands Oil May Increase Risk of Pipeline Spills

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84,000 gallons of crude oil are glugging their way across an Arkansas community right now, putting the spotlight on the transport of tar sands oil across the United States. While Exxon is claiming it's just "heavy" oil, the naming is a matter of semantics, because the oil comes straight from Canada's infamous tar sands. It's not the only recent spill involving oil from this region; in 2010, 877,000 gallons of oil were released in Michigan, for example. With more tar sands oil being transported, the frequency of such spills is only going to increase, and worse, there are signs that tar sands oil is more prone to spills than its conventional counterpart.

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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.