Tag: Pipeline Breach

California oil spill: Records show company assured gov’t spill unlikely

Corrosion likely caused California oil spill A Texas company whose ruptured pipeline created the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years had assured the government that a break in the line while possible was “extremely unlikely” and state-of-the-art monitoring could quickly detect possible leaks and alert operators, documents show. Nearly 1,200 pages of records, filed […]