Kansas Oil Spill Update

The area impacted by the pipeline rupture and subsequent oil discharge into Mill Creek near Washington, Kansas | U.S. EPA

Washington County, Kansas December 2022 TC Energy oil spill

Latest reporting tells us why we got our Christmas surprise from TC Energy - their worst pipeline disaster ever.  Take your pick for causation: carelessness, incompetence, cutting corners...

Massive pipeline spill caused by crack created during installation, third-party review concludes - Kansas Reflector

"A lobbyist with the Sierra Club of Kansas, however, said the latest report just reaffirms that there were flaws in original design, material and installation of the Keystone pipeline that make more oil spills inevitable.

'This shouldn’t give us any relief or assurance,” said Zack Pistora of the Sierra Club. 'This only reaffirms that it’s only a matter of time before another weld fails or a design flaw causes another disaster.'"

Careless Keystone pipeline installation of cracked girth weld caused 2022 Kansas Oil Spill - Dakota Free Press

 


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