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posted by mrpg on Sunday November 19 2017, @04:25AM   Printer-friendly
from the color-me-oil dept.

Keystone Pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota

Keystone Pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil in South Dakota

"A total of 210,000 gallons of oil leaked Thursday (Nov 16, 2017) from the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota, the pipeline's operator, TransCanada, said.

Crews shut down the pipeline Thursday morning, and officials are investigating the cause of the leak, which occurred about three miles southeast of the town of Amherst, said Brian Walsh, a spokesman for the state's Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

This is the largest Keystone oil spill to date in South Dakota, Walsh said. The leak comes just days before Nebraska officials announce a decision on whether the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, a sister project, can move forward."

Keystone pipeline - major leak/spill

Elsewhere there are notes of smaller spills in the same pipeline--this AC submitter is wondering about the long term use of a pipeline that is leaking when it's nearly brand new. Doesn't sound good for the long term.

PBS has a followup article from today (Saturday), 'We need to know' more about Keystone oil pipeline leak, tribal chairman says

The leak comes as the debate over the proposed path of the Keystone XL pipeline rages on. Nebraska's Public Service Commission is scheduled to announce its decision Monday on whether to permit TransCanada to build Keystone XL along its proposed route in the state, the Omaha World-Herald reported. A spokeswoman for the commission told the AP that the board's members will only use information provided during public hearings and official public comments in order to make their decision.

Related:
US District Court: Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline Violated the Law
Dakota Access Pipeline Suffers Oil Leak Even Before Becoming Operational
Company Behind Dakota Access Oil Pipeline Sues Greenpeace


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 19 2017, @10:17AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 19 2017, @10:17AM (#598895)

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    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 19 2017, @01:32PM (#598917)

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 20 2017, @06:27AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 20 2017, @06:27AM (#599167)

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      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 20 2017, @03:53PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 20 2017, @03:53PM (#599270)

        Oh yes, let's just all go back to our fucking caves and foraging for food.

        Hey binary-thinking troll, let me introduce you to the concept of gray areas. Society does not have to be one extreme of cave-dwelling _or_ the other economic extreme of robber-barons. There's a concept of a dynamic, self-correcting political-economic system with strong controls on pricing, quality (warranties), employment, etc. It's working well all around the world. It is not working well in USA and other countries where the ultra-rich control too much of the government and have no concern for who they trample. I invite you to quickly leave our civil society in any way you choose while the rest of us try to improve life on Earth.