A federal report released last year showed the Keystone Pipeline recorded 22 accidents between 2010 and 2020 and found the severity of spills has 'worsened' in recent years.
conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office showed the previous incidents leaked a total of 11,975 barrels of crude oil, or a little over 500,000 gallons. Combined with last week's incident in Kansas, the pipeline has spilled a little over 1 million gallons of oil in a dozen years, enough to fill one-and-a-half Olympic-size swimming pools.
Twelve of the 22 Keystone Pipeline leaks between 2010 and 2020 released fewer than two barrels oil into the environment. But four others released more than 50 barrels each and six met the federal government's criteria for accidents "impacting people and environment," according to the Government Accountability Office.Emergency crews work to clean up the largest U.S.
The report found that four of the biggest Keystone Pipeline oil spills were caused by issues related to the original design, manufacturing of the pipe or construction of the pipeline. The Keystone Pipeline runs 2,687 miles from Alberta, Canada, to refineries in Texas, Illinois and Oklahoma. On its website, TC Energy says more than 3.3 billion barrels of unrefined oil has been transported through the Keystone Pipeline since it was opened in 2010.
The spill near Mill Creek, in Washington County, Kansas, was "contained" by about 300 people working at the site, TC Energy said in a statement Monday.
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