{"id":43662,"date":"2019-02-08T10:04:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T15:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=43662"},"modified":"2019-02-08T10:04:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T15:04:52","slug":"two-pipelines-shut-down-after-43-barrels-of-crude-leak-into-missouri-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=43662","title":{"rendered":"Two Pipelines Shut Down After 43 Barrels of Crude Leak into Missouri Soil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/pipelines-oil-leak-missouri-2628360262.html\">Two Pipelines Shut Down After 43 Barrels of Crude Leak into Missouri Soil<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parts of two&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/tag\/pipelines\">pipelines<\/a>&nbsp;owned by controversial Canadian pipeline companies remained shut down Thursday following the discovery of a leak near St. Louis, Missouri on Wednesday,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business\/keystone-pipeline-shut-potential-leak-1.5010202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBC News reported<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/tag\/transcanada\">TransCanada<\/a>&#8216;s Keystone pipeline and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/tag\/enbridge\">Enbridge<\/a>&#8216;s Platte pipeline run parallel to each other through the area. The Keystone pipeline, which carries 590,000 barrels of crude oil a day from Alberta, has faced opposition from environmental activists in the area because it transports from Alberta&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/tag\/tar-sands\">tar sands<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;[Leaks] are one more reason on top of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/tag\/climate-change\">climate change<\/a>\u00a0to show that tar sands are dangerous and should not be running through our state,&#8221;\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/missouri\" target=\"_blank\">Missouri Sierra Club<\/a>\u00a0Director John Hickey told\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.stlpublicradio.org\/post\/transcanada-shuts-down-keystone-pipeline-investigate-oil-spill-st-charles-county#stream\/0\" target=\"_blank\">St. Louis Public Radio<\/a>. Residents are also worried the poor quality of the pipeline&#8217;s steel makes leaks more likely, Hickey said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leak was discovered by a TransCanada technician 7:14 a.m. Wednesday. The technician found crude oil covering some 4,000 square feet around the pipeline in St. Charles County, Missouri. TransCanada said it was not sure how much oil had leaked, but thought it was around 43 barrels. The company said it was not yet possible to tell if the leak came from the Keystone or neighboring Enbridge pipeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Until you can excavate and see the top of the pipes, you can&#8217;t really determine which pipeline the release occurred from,&#8221; TransCanada Public Information Officer Matthew John told St. Louis Public Radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Pipelines Shut Down After 43 Barrels of Crude Leak into Missouri Soil Parts of two&nbsp;pipelines&nbsp;owned by controversial Canadian pipeline companies remained shut down Thursday following the discovery of a leak near St. Louis, Missouri on Wednesday,&nbsp;CBC News reported.&nbsp; Both&nbsp;TransCanada&#8216;s Keystone pipeline and&nbsp;Enbridge&#8216;s Platte pipeline run parallel to each other through the area. 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