Posted on Dec 30, 2022
The Keystone pipeline is back in business while the Kansas oil spill cleanup continues
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TC Energy hasn't said yet what caused the Keystone's biggest spill. And it didn't answer a question about the pipeline's operating pressure when the spill happened.
Crude oil began flowing through the Keystone pipeline from Nebraska through Kansas to Oklahoma again this week.
For now, the U.S. Department of Transportation requires the pipeline segment to operate at a lower pressure than when it burst. The pressure must stay 20% lower than when the Keystone’s biggest-ever spill happened on Dec. 7 in north-central Kansas.
The federal agency won’t disclose what the operating pressure was on Dec. 7. It told the Kansas News Service to file an open records request.
Canadian oil company TC Energy said it restored the Cushing Extension to service on Thursday. That segment of the Keystone system is critical to transporting oil from the Canadian tar sands in Alberta to facilities in the Midwest and as far as Houston, Texas.
Crude oil began flowing through the Keystone pipeline from Nebraska through Kansas to Oklahoma again this week.
For now, the U.S. Department of Transportation requires the pipeline segment to operate at a lower pressure than when it burst. The pressure must stay 20% lower than when the Keystone’s biggest-ever spill happened on Dec. 7 in north-central Kansas.
The federal agency won’t disclose what the operating pressure was on Dec. 7. It told the Kansas News Service to file an open records request.
Canadian oil company TC Energy said it restored the Cushing Extension to service on Thursday. That segment of the Keystone system is critical to transporting oil from the Canadian tar sands in Alberta to facilities in the Midwest and as far as Houston, Texas.
The Keystone pipeline is back in business while the Kansas oil spill cleanup continues
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The northern link of the Keystone XL pipeline would have been built by early next year had President Biden not canceled it on purpose on his first day of office. It's sad we have oil spills but overall, sending it by pipeline is way safer than sending it by train. If you don't believe me, look at the city that was destroyed from a runaway oil train. We wouldn't have to bake Venezuela but President Biden is in the Twilight zone. He rewards his enemies and punishes entrepreneurship in the usa.
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