GoldenRod
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Keystone pipeline spills 210,000 gallons
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/11/16/keystone-pipeline-spills-210000-gallons-of-oil-on-eve-of-key-permitting-decision/?utm_term=.275ceb94d8da
The Keystone pipeline running from Canada across the Great Plains leaked Thursday morning, spilling about 5,000 barrels of oil — or 210,000 gallons — southeast of the small town of Amherst in northeast South Dakota.
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“Based on what we know now, the spill has not impacted a surface water body,” Walsh said. “It has not done that. So that’s good news.”
The first Keystone pipeline, which runs 1,136 miles from Hardisty in Alberta, carries about 500,000 barrels a day of thick bitumen from the oil sands area to pipeline, refining and storage networks in Steele City, Neb., and Patoka, Ill.
The pipeline has had smaller spills — 400 barrels each — in the same region in 2011 and 2016.
TransCanada told the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration that the May 7, 2011, spill at the Ludden pump station was caused by a threaded connection on small diameter piece of pipe that had been installed improperly, causing stress fatigue. There were two other small leaks at pumping stations that month.
In 2016, TransCanada told PHMSA that a third-party metallurgist it hired found a “small weld anomaly” that dripped at a slow rate for an indeterminate amount of time.
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Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump
So sad that Obama rejected Keystone Pipeline. Thousands of jobs, good for the environment, no downside!
2:47 PM - Nov 6, 2015
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No downside, huh?
The GOP doesn't care about the environment because they're all so old, they're going to die before the earth completely shuts down...
Message edited 11/17/2017 12:18:32 PM.
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