No... No no.. Gas companies don't do that kind of stuff. Really bad PR. IIRC he left on his own and became a guest of the state for 30 seconds before, almost surely, being bussed off to yet another protest.
Oil companies retain relationships with sheriff's departments for this kind of shit. It's also pretty common to hire off duty cops for security, though on really hot jobs private security firms will have ex military on site.
https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2013/06/man_climbs_into_pipeline_in_pr.html
It was a 36" so plenty big. Nothing running through it, unfortunately.
Lol what a nutjob. How did they end up getting him out? Smoke him out or turn on the valve?
No... No no.. Gas companies don't do that kind of stuff. Really bad PR. IIRC he left on his own and became a guest of the state for 30 seconds before, almost surely, being bussed off to yet another protest.
Oil companies retain relationships with sheriff's departments for this kind of shit. It's also pretty common to hire off duty cops for security, though on really hot jobs private security firms will have ex military on site.