Manitoba oil line spills worry area land owner

Carlyle Jorgensen of Cromer, Man., says there has been a number of oil spills in his area, including one involving a Tundra Oil and Gas line early this year. The Tundra spill, which was reported on Jan. 25, leaked about 56,000 litres of oil, according to …
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Pipelines spill three times as much oil as trains: IEA

Pipelines in North America spilled three times as much crude oil as trains for comparative distances over an eight-year period, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday in a study it based on U.S. Department of Transportation data.
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Port crafts response in case of oil spill

When Tesoro Corporation and Savage Companies recently said they’d launch a crude oil operation at the Port of Vancouver, the announcement raised the possibility of new jobs and private capital investment. It also raised the prospect of …
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Exxon challenges $1.7M Yellowstone spill penalty

… $1.7 million in penalties proposed by federal safety regulators who faulted the oil company over a 63,000-gallon crude oil spill into the Yellowstone River, according to documents released Monday by the U.S. Department of Transportation. In the first …
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Ticonderoga faces fines for spill

The state worker found an old drain in the garage floor that led to a dry well outside the garage. Although the drain and dry well dated from when the highway garage was built in 1953 and had not been used for decades, contamination was discovered in the …
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Gulf oil spill’s threat to wildlife turns real

Yet scientists say the wildlife death toll remains relatively modest, well below the tens of thousand of birds, otters and other creatures killed after the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. The numbers have stayed …
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Ex-BP Engineer Says U.S. Withheld Evidence in Spill Case

Mix’s prosecution was the first criminal case to arise from the 2010 spill. Since his arrest in April 2012, BP and Transocean Ltd. (RIG) have pleaded guilty to criminal charges over the spill. The obstruction count involves BP’s …
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Pipelines Spill Three Times as Much Oil as Trains, IEA Says

Pipelines in North America spilled three times as much crude oil as trains for comparative distances over an eight-year period, the International Energy Agency said today in a study it based on U.S. Department of Transportation data. The Paris …
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