Gaps in construction oversight and in owner TC Energy's standards, policies and administrative controls were the root cause of last year's massive spill into Kansas waterways, says a new third-party independent analysis, with redacted details.
Line owner-operator TC Energy says it has recovered most of the 14,000 barrels that spilled last month but an 800-person response team remains activated to address environmental damage
Crude oil spill in Kansas is contained but not fully cleaned up, as fed agency allows full line operation and Canadian owner TC Energy has yet to state pipeline rupture cause.
Owner TC Energy announced partial reopening Dec. 14 of the Canada-to-U.S crude oil line but has not said what caused the pipe rupture or when cleanup of the spill into a Kansas creek would be completed.
GAO report points to more than 12,800 bbl leaked by existing oil pipeline in largest ruptures since 2017. Owner TC Energy claims "zero high-impact incidents in the last 18 months."
But TC Energy announces big clean energy push to operate other North American pipelines, as federal judge declines to dismiss still pending suit against the Biden-cancelled project; Alberta government also seeks trade claim for its investment loss.
Last month’s 210,000-gallon oil spill from the Keystone pipeline in South Dakota may have resulted from damage caused during construction, according to a preliminary investigation by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
