Source title: US-Canada pipeline ‘main artery’ blew in US and spilled 14,000 barrels of crude
According to comprehensive foreign media reports, on the evening of 7th local time, the Keystone pipeline, the “main artery” of oil transport between the United States and Canada, broke down and was urgently closed. The incident caused an estimated 14,000 barrels of crude oil to spill into the United States, making it one of the largest oil spills in the United States in the past decade.
According to reports in the US “Wall Street Journal”, TC Energy, owner of the Keystone pipeline, said in a statement that around 8:00 pm local time on the 7th, due to the detection of a drop in pressure from the Keystone pipeline , the alarm went off and TC Energy urgently shut down the Keystone Pipeline system and mobilized personnel and equipment to deal with the oil spill. Oil has been confirmed to have poured into a creek in Washington County, Kansas.
TC Energy said company personnel are actively responding and working hard to monitor and recover the oil, and the pipeline system is still closed. An estimated 14,000 barrels of crude were spilled this time.
According to Reuters, the Keystone pipeline is a major thoroughfare for transporting Canadian crude to refineries in the US Midwest and Gulf Coast, with a daily delivery capacity of 622,000 barrels. It is not yet clear what caused the massive oil spill and when the pipeline will be filled.
Keystone has had seven spills since it began operations in 2010, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). The previous largest was in December 2017 when more than 6,600 barrels were spilled in South Dakota.
