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No injuries resulted. The cause was from stress on a girth weld on the pipeline. A failure on another girth weld on the pipeline system led to a PHMSA Consent Agreement. [66] [67] [68] February 24 – Early on that day, a pipeline near Texas City, Texas ruptured, sending up to 5,000 US gallons (19,000 L) of gasoline into Bayou Pierre. [69] [70]
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America's 20-inch Indian Basin Pipeline ruptured and released approximately 31,757 MCF (31,757,000 cubic feet) of natural gas in Eddy County, New Mexico. There was no fire or injuries. [16] December 24 – A gas transmission pipeline exploded and burned, in Lyons, Nebraska. There were no injuries.
A major oil spill from the Colonial Pipeline in a nature reserve near Huntersville, North Carolina, United States, began on July 27, 2020.The spill resulted in approximately 2,000,000 U.S. gallons (7,600,000 L) of gasoline discharge and led to a cleanup effort that is still ongoing and expected to continue for several years.
As a result, it was only tapped in true emergencies such as last year's pipeline failure. "(The new storage facilities) give you the ability to generate (natural gas) and dispatch it more freely ...
It was the second failure of a Northwestern Pipeline Corp. gas transmission pipeline in 2 days in the state of Washington. A few people were evacuated for a time. [192] [193] March 1 – An 8-inch SFPP (now Kinder Morgan) petroleum products pipeline was discovered to be leaking near Truckee, California. Some of the spilled product reached ...
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The pipeline was not tested for flaws in its entirety until after 1976. [2] From the 1970s until the 1991 spill, the Line 3 pipeline suffered 24 leaks due to the same seam failure [2] and was the source of 16 "large oil spills" resulting in four million gallons of oil spilled. [3]