Tag: California Pipeline Spill

California oil pipeline spill stopped before reaching beach

California oil pipeline spill stopped before reaching beach

Pipeline supplies crude to Tesoro’s 257,300 b/d Los Angeles refinery, but was not expected to impact customer deliveries By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – An oil spill of 700 barrels of crude spilled from a pipeline near California’s coast on Thursday but was quickly contained in a dry creek bed and did not reach the […]

Arctic Gateway pipeline for Alberta crude oil being discussed

Arctic Gateway pipeline for Alberta crude oil being discussed

Arctic Gateway pipeline would move crude to NWT, ship from Beaufort Sea The Northwest Territories government has been talking to pipeline companies about shipping crude oil through an Arctic Gateway pipeline, according to the territory’s minister in charge of resource development. David Ramsay and N.W.T. Premier Bob McLeod have for some time been touting the concept of […]

Plains All American Pipeline had no auto shutoff valve

Plains All American Pipeline had no auto shutoff valve

Plains All American subsidiaries reported at least 223 accidents, spilled a combined 864,300 gallons of hazardous liquids since 2006 The Plains All American pipeline that leaked thousands of gallons of oil on the California coast was the only pipe of its kind in the county not required to have an automatic shut-off valve because of a […]

Clean up of California oil spill near Santa Barbara continues

Clean up of California oil spill near Santa Barbara continues

California oil spill spans 9 miles of ocean An oil spill that fouled beaches and threatened wildlife along a scenic stretch of the California coast spread across 9 miles of ocean Wednesday as cleanup efforts began and federal regulators investigated how the pipeline leaked. Workers in protective suits raked and shovelled stinky black goo off the […]