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Nine years ago, when an aging oil pipeline ruptured near the coast of Santa Barbara County, an inky darkness spread over the waters. The massive slick of oil engulfed and killed hundreds of marine ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- As thousands of gallons of crude oil from a ruptured pipeline spread along the California coast, its operator was unable to contact workers near the break to get information ...
November 14 – A Chevron operated 10-inch LPG pipeline was ruptured by contractors for the company installing a Cathodic protection system, near Milford, Texas, causing a large fire, and forcing the evacuation of Milford and 200 students of a nearby school. A nearby 14-inch pipeline was threatened by the failure, but did not fail.
Location: Gaviota Coast, west of Santa Barbara, California: Coordinates: 1]: Date: May 19, 2015: Cause; Cause: Ruptured pipeline [2]: Operator: Plains All American Pipeline: Spill characteristics; Volume: 105,000 U.S. gallons (2,500 barrels): Shoreline impacted: 7 miles (11 km) coated with crude oil; tar balls damaged beaches more than 100 miles (160 km) down the coast [3] [4]: The Refugio oil ...
May 15, 2014 – Los Angeles, pipeline rupture, 4 sickened [17] February 18, 2015 – Torrance, refinery explosion, four injured [18] May 19, 2015 – Santa Barbara – Pipeline rupture, large oil spill [19] October 22, 2017 - An oil well pump fire, east of Orcutt. [20] January 19, 2018 - A fire broke out in the cooling tower of a refinery in ...
The companies would also install a new leak detection system for pipeline and train employees to identify and respond to potential leaks, the statement said. Pipeline operator agrees to guilty ...
January 31 – A Mobil Company crude oil pipeline ruptured near Valencia, California, spilling up to 75,000 gallons of crude oil. The same day, a report was released showing that particular pipeline had a 99.8% chance of a leak in the next 5 years. [33] [34] [35]
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Reuters) -A section of the oil pipeline that burst off the Southern California coast was displaced 105 feet (32 meters) across the ocean floor, officials said on Tuesday ...