Keystone Has Leaked More Oil Than Any Other Pipeline in US Since 2010

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Bloomberg

Last week’s oil spill in Kansas means that TC Energy Corp.’s Keystone pipeline has now leaked more crude oil than any other conduit on US land in the past 12 years. 

The major line running from Canada into the US Midwest was shut after a spill of 14,000 barrels a day, with some of that crude released into a local waterway. The spill, in combination with several others in recent years, will mean that Keystone has leaked almost 26,000 barrels of crude on US land since 2010. That’s the most of any other pipeline during that period, according to preliminary spill data from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

Other notable pipeline spills include Tesoro’s High Plains conduit that ruptured in 2013 and Enbridge Inc.’s Line 6B, which caused a massive oil leak in the Kalamazoo River in 2010, the data show. (The 2010 BP oil spill that spewed millions of barrels of crude took place after an offshore drill rig sank in the Gulf of Mexico.)

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-12/tc-energy-keystone-has-leaked-more-oil-than-any-other-pipeline-in-us-since-2010

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[70sEraVet]

1. I noticed that the language about the amount of oil spilled has changed a bit:

" ...line running from Canada into the US Midwest was shut after a spill of 14,000 barrels a DAY"
(The capitalization is mine)

In previous reports, the estimate was simply 14,000 barrels. Now, it's 14,000 barrels a day?

Does this signify that the spill is bigger than the initial estimate?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. I was wondering about that too

because I heard the same - that there was "only" 14,000 bbls spilled... not the "per day" (meaning there was some kind of break and not just a leaky valve or pinhole that was quickly repaired once it was found). Apparently they are still "planning" the repair but in the meantime have shut off the flow to where the break is but I expect it might still be leaking until the pressure drops and whatever is in that portion of pipe, has oozed out.

[70sEraVet]

4. It just seems to me, that the spills are ALWAYS bigger than the companies first report.

I call it 'lying'.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. "Lying" probably due to insurance issues

let alone the lawsuits that are sure to happen, and they have to get out in front of the news cycle.

[WestMichRad]

2. "Just the cost of doing business"

- oil companies