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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.
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. DEQ: Colonial Pipeline leaked 2M gallons in ...
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.
One of the largest oil spills in recent Southern California history fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday to contain the crude before it spread further into ...
In January and February 1969, in the Santa Barbara Channel, near the city of Santa Barbara, in Southern California. It was the largest oil spill in United States waters at the time, and now ranks third after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon and 1989 Exxon Valdez spills. It remains the largest oil spill to have occurred in the waters off California.
Three companies are facing charges for their alleged roles in a California oil spill earlier this year, the Department of Justice announced in an indictment filed Wednesday. Amplify Energy Co. and ...