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February 25, 2011 - Magellan Midstream Partners LP Pipeline
(Texas City, Texas, USA) A Magellan 18" pipeline ruptured spilling an estimated 250,000 gallons of gasoline into Bayou Pierre. There were no reports of fires or injuries but it forced the evacuation of 30 homes, closed state highway 146 and Texas City's municipal golf course for 12 hours. There was a leak detection alarm around 1am with operators shutting in the line. Crews confirmed the leak by 3am alerting authorities. Swift response from both Magellan and the Texas City Fire Department contained the spill before it could spread into Moses Lake. The line was said to be in compliance with all laws and regulations and has no known investigations about its safety.
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Ruptured line held 250,000 gallons of gasoline, February 25, 2011
January 11, 2011 - Spill Report
The panel created after the BP oil spill crisis by the Obama administration released its report today. The report contains 15 recommendations that were endorsed by all members of the panel. The panel is considered by many to be biased against the oil and gas energy industry. No oil and gas experts where appointed as members. Many of the panel members are considered to be environmental activists with an agenda to eliminate the use of fossil fuels. It is suspected that various members of congress will now attempt to add new and excessive regulation and increase punitive fines on the offshore oil and gas industry.
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Spill report rekindles Democratic push for reform, January 11, 2011
Obama's panel urges reforms to prevent future oil spills, January 11, 2011
January 10, 2011 - Trans-Alaska Pipeline
The Trans-Alaska shut-in Sunday morning after workers discovered crude oil leaking into the basement at the Prudhoe Bay pump station. This was from a section of pipeline located below ground and incased in concrete. A local spokesman indicated 10 or less barrels were spilled and it appears the leak was quickly contained with the clean up well underway.
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Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline Leak Causes Shutdown For Over 24 Hours, January 10, 2011
January 9, 2011 - Indian Oil Pipeline
An indian Oil pipeline near Bhubaneswar, India ruptured spilling crude oil into a nearby stream killing hundreds of fish. The pipeline normally transports 1550 kiloliters (9750 bbls) per hour.
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Sept 9, 2010 - Enbridge pipeline
An Enbridge. pipeline carrying about 670,000 barrels a day ruptured near Romeville, Illinois spilling approximately 6,000 barrels. This is the third major leak this summer causing a line to be shut-in.
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Environmentalists criticize Enbridge after second U.S. pipeline leak, September 9, 2010
Enbridge hit by new pipeline leak, September 9, 2010
Oil, gasoline up on U.S. crude pipeline leak, September 14, 2010
Ill. pipeline spill cleanup estimated up to $60M, September 22, 2010
July 25, 2010 - Enbridge pipeline
An Enbridge. Inc 30" pipeline built in 1969 and carrying about 8,000,000 gallons of crude daily ruptured into a creek that feed into the Kalamazoo river near Battle Creek, Michigan. The spill estimated to be 819,000 gallons of oil was about 10% of the daily flow. Local residents had smelled oil Sunday evening and the leak was acknowledge by the pipeline Monday morning. Enbridge, Inc. has offered to buy the homes of local residents located within about 200 feet of the effected waterways. The company stated they had received a low pressure alarm on the line a day before the local authorities had been alerted. The leak is considered to be one of the largest oil spills in the Midwest history and is expected to take months to clean up. Enbridge says (July 31) mote than one-third of the crude has been recovered.
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Oil pipeline leak pollutes major Michigan river, July 28, 2010
Oil pipeline leak pollutes major Michigan river, July 28, 2010
Enbridge Says More Than One-Third of Crude in Michigan Spill Is Recovered, July 30, 2010
Oil Company Offers to Buy Homes Near River Spill, August 3, 2010
July 24, 2007 - Burnaby pipeline
A Kinder Morgan Canada 24" pipeline built in 1957 was ruptured by Cusano Contracting doing sewer work for the city of Burnaby,British Columbia, Canada. A 12 to 30 meter geyser of crude oil spewed from the rupture for about 30 minutes. The leak impacted approximately 50 homes, property and the Barnett Highway. Kinder Morgan operators shut down the pipeline within minutes after learning of the puncture. The contractors, who worked for the city, were given maps by Kinder Morgan showing they were not likely to strike the pipeline in the area. The contractor had misjudged the pipeline location by about three meters. Kinder Morgan had worked with the contractors to make the pipeline's location before the incident.
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Burnaby Oil Spill, July 24, 2007
