Oil spill from Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota twice as big as first thought

[mentalfloss]

Your welcome, America.

Oil spill from Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota twice as big as first thought

ABERDEEN, S.D. — A crude oil spill from the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota last November has turned out to be nearly twice as big as first reported.

Around 407,000 gallons (338,900 imperial gallons) spilled onto farmland when the pipeline broke near Amherst in Marshall County on Nov. 16, a spokeswoman for pipeline owner TransCanada Corp., told the Aberdeen American News. TransCanada had originally put the spill at 210,000 gallons (174,860 imperial gallons).

The new number would make the spill the seventh-largest onshore oil or petroleum product spill since 2010, as reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

https://globalnews.ca/news/4130520/pipeline-spill-keystone-south-dakota/

 

[pgs]

How many barrels is that ? It sure looks a lot less problematic then the mess the protesters left behind .

 

[Hoid]

It is standard industry procedure to minimize spills reporting.

BTW there is no pipeline in North America that could spill that much oil. There are far too many safeguards in place. The flow would be automatically shut down long before that much oil could spill.

Just ask them.

 

[pgs]

It is standard industry procedure to minimize spills reporting.

BTW there is no pipeline in North America that could spill that much oil. There are far too many safeguards in place. The flow would be automatically shut down long before that much oil could spill.

Just ask them.

How many barrels ?

 

[mentalfloss]

It is standard industry procedure to minimize spills reporting.

BTW there is no pipeline in North America that could spill that much oil. There are far too many safeguards in place. The flow would be automatically shut down long before that much oil could spill.

Just ask them.

Blame Canada.

 

[Twin_Moose]

how many barrels ?

9000

 

[Curious Cdn]

Blame Canada.

Don't worry. They will.

 

[captain morgan]

BTW there is no pipeline in North America that could spill that much oil. There are far too many safeguards in place. The flow would be automatically shut down long before that much oil could spill.