Keystone Pipeline leaks nearly 17,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota
April 8, 2016
SOUTH DAKOTA (NEWS10) – The Keystone Pipeline leak is apparently worse than first thought.
TransCanada Corporation now says it appears approximately 16,800 gallons of oil have leaked in South Dakota since Saturday. The company says it reported the 400-barrel estimate Thursday to the National Response Centre and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration. It says the estimate is based on the excavation of soil to expose more than 100 feet of pipe and takes into account factors including oil observed in the soil and the potential area affected.
At first officials said less than 200 gallons were spilled.
TransCanada says the leak has been “controlled” although they have yet to find the source of the leak. The company has told customers the pipeline will remain closed until early next week.
The pipeline runs from Alberta, Canada, to refineries in Illinois and Cushing, Oklahoma, passing through the eastern Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. The Keystone pipeline can handle 550,000 barrels, or about 23 million gallons, daily. It’s part of a pipeline system that also would have included the Keystone XL pipeline had President Barack Obama not rejected that project last November.
http://news10.com/2016/04/08/keystone-pipeline-leaks-17000-gallons-of-oil-in-south-dakota/
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-04-08/keystone-pipeline-leak-worse-than-thought
April 8, 2016
SOUTH DAKOTA (NEWS10) – The Keystone Pipeline leak is apparently worse than first thought.
TransCanada Corporation now says it appears approximately 16,800 gallons of oil have leaked in South Dakota since Saturday. The company says it reported the 400-barrel estimate Thursday to the National Response Centre and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration. It says the estimate is based on the excavation of soil to expose more than 100 feet of pipe and takes into account factors including oil observed in the soil and the potential area affected.
At first officials said less than 200 gallons were spilled.
TransCanada says the leak has been “controlled” although they have yet to find the source of the leak. The company has told customers the pipeline will remain closed until early next week.
The pipeline runs from Alberta, Canada, to refineries in Illinois and Cushing, Oklahoma, passing through the eastern Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. The Keystone pipeline can handle 550,000 barrels, or about 23 million gallons, daily. It’s part of a pipeline system that also would have included the Keystone XL pipeline had President Barack Obama not rejected that project last November.
http://news10.com/2016/04/08/keystone-pipeline-leaks-17000-gallons-of-oil-in-south-dakota/
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-04-08/keystone-pipeline-leak-worse-than-thought
