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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.
The 2020 leak at a Mecklenburg nature preserve is the “largest onshore fuel spill in the nation,” state officials say. The new estimate is significantly higher than initially reported.
August 14 – 2020 Colonial Pipeline oil spill: A Colonial Pipeline mainline, a 40-inch pipeline, was discovered to be leaking in the Oehler Nature Preserve near Huntersville, North Carolina. Approximately 2 million gallons of gasoline were spilled. The leak was near a previously repaired area. [8] [9]
2020 Colonial Pipeline oil spill United States, North Carolina, Huntersville: 14 August 2020: 63,000: 63,000: Colonial Pipeline [39] [40] El Palito Refinery Venezuela, Golfo Triste 8 August 2020: 2,700: 2,700: Petróleos de Venezuela [41] 2020 Pointe D'Esny MV Wakashio oil spill Mauritius, Ile Aux Aigrettes and Mahébourg: 25 July 2020: 1,300 ...
The Colonial Pipeline Company has submitted a new number raising the estimated amount of oil that was released in a 2020 spill in Huntersville.
Here’s the clean-up plan three years after the largest onshore fuel spill in the United States happened just north of Charlotte. Colonial Pipeline Co. will send treated water from massive ...
In mid-2020, the county was the site of the 2020 Colonial Pipeline oil spill, wherein about 2,000,000 U.S. gal (7,600,000 L) of gasoline leaked from the Colonial Pipeline in the Oehler Nature Preserve near Huntersville. It is one of the largest gasoline spills in U.S. history, and cleanup efforts are expected to last for several years.
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