US EditionPreliminary Findings Show a Fatigue Crack Caused a Keystone Pipeline Oil Spill in North Dakota
The spill released 3,500 barrels of oil due to a fatigue crack in the pipeline weld; cleanup recovered nearly 90% with costs around $55 million, insurer-covered.
- A fatigue crack along the pipe's manufactured long-seam weld caused the Keystone Pipeline oil spill in North Dakota, releasing more than 556,000 litres of oil onto farmland.
- TC Energy's pipeline operator subsidiary TC Energy Corp said the costs related to the spill have totalled $55 million and are expected to be recovered through insurance by early next year.
- The company has seen no evidence of a systemic issue with the Alberta-to-Texas Keystone Pipeline network after conducting in-line inspections and integrity digs.
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Preliminary findings show a fatigue crack caused a Keystone Pipeline oil spill in North Dakota
The operator of the Keystone Pipeline says preliminary findings indicate a fatigue crack caused an oil spill in North Dakota in April.
No evidence of systemic issue on Keystone system following N.D. spill, South Bow says
CALGARY — South Bow Corp. aims to gradually return its Keystone pipeline to normal operations next year, as the system continues to run at reduced pressure following an April spill in North Dakota. Chief operating officer Richard Prior says the company has seen no evidence of a systemic issue with the Alberta-to-Texas network after the […]
BISMARCK, North Dakota — A fatigue crack in the Keystone Pipeline leads to an oil spill in North Dakota earlier this year, which spilled thousands of barrels of oil into farmland, according to the oil pipeline operator. In a quarterly report published on Thursday, South Bow said that initial findings show that “the failure was the result of a fatigue crack that originated along the long joint welding made of the pipeline.” A fatigue crack develo…
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