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Political Factoid
Major Oil Pipeline Spills:
| Year |
Responsible |
Barrels |
Material |
Location |
| 2019-Oct |
TransCanada |
9,000 |
Bakken oil sands crude |
North Dakota
Keystone pipeline |
| 2017-Nov |
TransCanada |
19,000 |
Mmix of conventional crude and Bakken oil sands crude |
Amherst, SD
Keystone pipeline |
| 2016-Sep |
TransCanada |
Total unknown
- undetected until oil
started ozing
up in farmer's
field |
Mix of conventional crude and Bakken oil sands crude |
Amherst, SD |
| 2013-Sep |
Tesoro Logistics |
20,000 |
Bakken oil sands crude |
North Dakota |
| 2013-Mar |
ExxonMobil |
5,000 |
Toxic heavy Canadian crude |
Mayflower, Arkansas |
| 2011-Jul |
ExxonMobil |
2,000 |
Light crude |
Billings, MT
Yellowstone River |
| 2010-Jul |
Enbridge |
5,000 |
Toxic Heavy Canadian crude |
Michigan |
| 2010-May |
Alyeska |
5,000 |
Prudhoe Bay crude |
Fairbanks, AK |
Pipelines in the U.S. are regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, which is made up of oil and gas industry professionals,
not evironmentalists.
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