Tag: Santa Barbara Oil Spill
California oil spill caused by pipe corrosion: Feds
California oil spill near Refugio State Beach in May, 2015 LOS ANGELES _ External corrosion on an oil pipeline was the root cause of a leak that spilled more than 140,000 gallons of crude on the Santa Barbara coast in May, federal regulators reported Wednesday. The spill occurred after pumps on the Plains All American Pipeline […]
Inspection before California oil spill miscalculated corrosion in pipe
California oil spill near Santa Barbara on May 19 LOS ANGELES _ The operator of an oil pipeline that ruptured and spilled more than 100,000 gallons of crude on the California coast this year was ordered Friday to purge a neighbouring line and make repairs so it doesn’t fail. Federal regulators said the line owned […]
California oil spill may have been larger than initially estimated
California oil spill may have been up to 143,000 gallons LOS ANGELES – More than two months after oil from a ruptured pipeline fouled California beaches, documents released Wednesday disclosed that the spill might have been far larger than earlier projected. Plains All American Pipeline had estimated that the May 19 break along a corroded section of pipe […]
California oil spill: Ruptured pipe to be removed by Tuesday
California oil spill smaller than previously estimated Officials from Plains All American Pipeline say they hope the broken section of a pipeline that spilled oil along the California Coast can be removed for investigation by Tuesday. The company on Monday downgraded the amount of oil that may have spilled. The new estimate of the worst-case […]
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