It hadn't been a year after I moved to South Dakota when TransCanada's (now TCEnergy) Keystone oil pipeline sprang a leak near Amherst in neighboring Marshall County, as I posted in 2017's Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate concerned about Keystone Pipeline oil spill in NE South Dakota.
That was a surprise, since TransCanada's risk assessment estimated tiny spills "no more than once every 41 years” in SD.
In 2018, we learned Amherst SD incident nearly twice as not nice: Keystone I pipeline spilled 407,400 gallons.
And the pipeline has continued to leak along its path, as I noted in 2019's Keystone pipeline leaks again--this time in ND and 2022's Keystone I pipeline leaks again; after 2017 South Dakota & 2019 North Dakota, Kansas is hit.
On Tuesday, the North Dakota Monitor reported there's been another spill--3,500 barrels, or about 147,000 gallons--in North Dakota.
Keystone Pipeline shut down after leak in North Dakota
by Jeff BeachThe operator of the Keystone Pipeline that carries oil from Canada into the U.S. has shut the pipeline down after a leak in North Dakota.
South Bow shut down the pipeline at 7:42 a.m. Tuesday after a drop in pressure. The spill was about three miles north of Fort Ransom State Park or six miles south of Kathryn in Barnes County.
South Bow on Tuesday estimated that 3,500 barrels, or about 147,000 gallons, spilled.
The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality said the oil was contained to a farm field south of a pipeline pump station.
Bill Suess with the Division of Water Quality for DEQ said it was not clear how many acres of the field were contaminated.
Suess said the pipeline was shut down within minutes of the pressure dropping.
He said it was unknown how long the pipeline would be shut down.
The pipeline is 30 inches in diameter in that area, Suess said, but did not know how deep it was buried.
The pipeline takes oil from Alberta, east to Manitoba and the south through the Midwest to the Gulf Coast.
Suess said the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration would be on site Wednesday to investigate. The Department of Environmental Quality will oversee cleanup efforts.
Photo: A pipeline marker shows where the Keystone Pipeline is buried near Walhalla, North Dakota. The pipeline, now operated by South Bow, leaked on Tuesday at a site in Barnes County, North Dakota. (Amy Dalrymple/North Dakota Monitor)
This North Dakota Monitor article is republished online under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
Related posts
- Keystone I pipeline leaks again; after 2017 South Dakota & 2019 North Dakota, Kansas is hit
- Keystone pipeline leaks again--this time in ND
- Amherst SD incident nearly twice as not nice: Keystone I pipeline spilled 407,400 gallons
- TransCanada to have leaking Keystone pipeline dug up Sunday; weeks remain on spill cleanup
- More land affected by Keystone leak than first thought; congressmen seek pipeline review
- Keystone oil spill update: off-duty deputies in uniform for TransCanada private security
- Public barred from Keystone pipeline spill site; geological & water surveys offer clues to impact
- TransCanada's risk assessment estimated tiny spills "no more than once every 41 years” in SD
- Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate concerned about Keystone Pipeline oil spill in NE South Dakota
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