Posted on 10/31/2019 11:56:10 PM PDT by NachOsten
Keystone Pipeline Shut Down After Leaking 383,000 Gallons of Crude Oil Into US
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TC Energy, formerly known as TransCanada, is searching for answers and has been faced with extensive cleanup efforts after the Keystone pipeline system “released” 400,000 gallons of crude oil into North Dakota wetlands Tuesday night.
An emergency response crew was dispatched by TC Energy on October 29 after the Canada-based energy company detected a drop in pipeline pressure around 9:20 p.m. local time and shut down its portion of the Keystone pipeline system in Edinburg, North Dakota, (not to be confused with the proposed Keystone XL system).
Current incident estimates published by the company say that 9,120 US barrels (383,040 gallons) or “approximately half the size of an Olympic-sized swimming pool” of crude oil were released into an impacted area of 2,500 square yards - which is “less than half the size of a football field.”
The impacted wetlands are located less than 50 miles from the Canadian border and are not a source of residents’ drinking water, according to Karl Rockeman of the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality’s water division.
We are responding to a crude oil release on the Keystone Pipeline System near our facilities near Edinburg, North Dakota. Please visit https://t.co/K2NppMFl0K for the latest updates. pic.twitter.com/l0M3i2oNzz — TC Energy (@TCEnergy) October 31, 2019
However, the state official did tell the New York Times on Thursday that the October 29 leak “is one of the larger spills in the state.”
According to TC Energy, the response crew’s containment efforts prevented the spill from spreading, and cleanup workers with “vac trucks” have begun recovering oil. “Backhoes and other specialized equipment” are also being utilized to assist in collecting crude oil below the surface.
While the most recent spill is not associated with the Keystone XL pipeline yet, the Sierra Club noted in a Wednesday statement that its section - “Keystone 1” - and its repeated spills are a clear reason why the pipeline’s expansion via the Keystone XL project should not take place.
“This is not the first spill from Keystone 1; the pipeline had a dozen spills in its first year of operation alone,” the environmental organization noted.
One major leak involved the spilling thousands of gallons of oil onto South Dakota farmland on November 17, 2017. While TC Energy, then known as TransCanada, initially claimed some 210,000 gallons of oil spilled from the pipeline, a company spokesperson later revealed 407,400 gallons of crude were released.
“Our crews will remain focused on oil recovery and then prepare to make repairs to the pipeline. We will provide updates as they become available,” the company claimed in its October 31 update at 12 p.m. local time.
Makes good fertilizer for the spring planting ...
Sabotage? Domestic terrorism by YOU-KNOW-WHO? You know, the guys here whose leader was snuffed in Syria? Just sayin’. That line is not that old.
That is really disappointing. The 30-year old Alaska pipeline just had it’s worse spill ever at about 250,000 gallons last spring - corroded pipe.
Hard to believe a new pipe could have such a leak. I wouldn’t put it past the environmentalist to have messed with it - although if that was the case the company would have mentioned it. I’m glad that it appears the spill was fairly contained.
And to put some perspective to it - the Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude.
That was my first thought as well. Makes no sense it just happened in that area
Sabotage? Too soon for other causes.
My money’s on sabotage by the Green New Dealers/ enviro-nazis.
Would be just like them to pollute the environment they claim to care about.
Note the wording of the Sierra Club statement, and its rapid-fire timing.
See? Golly, those “leaks” keep happening somehow. That’s why we want to shut it down.
Yep.
Bad weld, faulty valve are some of the possibilities besides external factors.
sweet oil not refined oil .
Current incident estimates published by the company say that 9,120 US barrels (383,040 gallons) or “approximately half the size of an Olympic-sized swimming pool” of crude oil were released into an impacted area of 2,500 square yards - which is “less than half the size of a football field.”
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Doesn’t seem so bad when you think of it is half a pool.
Crude oil is all natural, organic and aged to perfection.
And after it leaks from the pipe, it’s free range.
Trump’s fault. Impeach him.
The Eco-Terrorists have been getting better at their sabotage, making it more difficult to identify.
They know the media will hysterically report the leak and barely mention the root cause weeks later.
I’m guessing it was sabotage.
X-ray would of caught a bad weld.
Pipelines don’t just fail. They are the safest means of delivering a product. I would sure like to find out what really happened.
And it's all recoverable. No big deal.
It’s like the grease on the top of your chicken soup....and totally recoverable.
If you’re worried about it just light it.
Oil leak news to be taken with a grain of salt.Look at the source for the news. Sputnik News, a Russian disinformation site. Do you think that if there was a major Keystone oil leak that it would not be plastered all over the mainstream media excoriating Trump?
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