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Department
of Energy and Environmental Protection crews were on the scene of a
Waterbury oil spill Monday, as 500 gallons of fuel spilled into the
basement of the Exchange Place Towers on Center Street. This impacted a
sump pump that discharged to the catch basin network. The catch basin
network discharges to Great Brook which is tributary to the Naugatuck
River. DEEP officials say an additional estimated 100 gallons of fuel
reached the surface waters. Crews were able to contain most of the 100
gallons near where the brook meets the river. A contractor has been
hired to assist in the cleanup of both the basement and surface water.
No word on how long the cleanup process will take.
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Cleanup crews to return to oil spill site in Waterbury
Posted: Oct 20, 2015 6:19 AM CST Updated: Oct 20, 2015 6:19 AM CST
By Rob Polansky
(WFSB photo)
WATERBURY, CT (WFSB) - A near environmental disaster continued to be cleaned up in downtown Waterbury Tuesday.
More than 1,500 gallons of heating oil spilled in the basement of an apartment building on Center Street on Monday afternoon.
The
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection then said a sump pump
flushed hundreds of gallons of the fuel into the Naugatuck River,
putting wildlife in danger.
An
estimated 500 gallons of fuel spilled out into the basement of a
Waterbury building with about 100 gallons spilling out into a nearby
body of water on Monday.
Members of the emergency response unit
from the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
were called to an oil spill at the Exchange Place Towers, which is
located at 44 Center St. DEEP said the leak started in the basement.
The
Los Angeles Fire Department says a ruptured oil pipe near the suburb of
Glendale has spilled about 50,000 gallons of crude oil onto streets.
According to the Fire Department, the leak from a 20-inch pipe was
reported at about 12:15 a.m. Thursday in Atwater Village and the oil
line was remotely shut off. No injuries were reported. Oil spilled over
approximately half a mile and is knee-high in some areas. Firefighters
and hazardous materials crews are on the scene. A handful of commercial
businesses are affected, including a strip club that was evacuated. Fire
Department spokesman Erik Scott says there's no "visible evidence" that
the oil has entered storm drains, which empty into the Los Angeles
River. But he says it's possible that oil has seeped under manhole
covers.
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TEN THOUSAND gallons of crude oil covers half a mile of Los Angeles after pipe bursts amid fears of environmental disaster
Oil covers a huge area near the Atwater Village suburb and is said to be knee-high in many places
Leak occurred after a 20-inch above-ground pipe burst outside The Gentleman's Club strip bar
Flow to pipe was shut off remotely just after midnight local time - but leak continued for 45 minutes
Two workers at nearby industrial plant were taken to hospital to be treated for 'respiratory concerns'
Published: 05:37 EST, 15 May 2014 | Updated: 04:44 EST, 16 May 2014
The
Los Angeles Fire Department says a ruptured oil pipe has caused about
10,000 gallons of crude oil to spill on to the city's streets.
The oil
- which covers a half-mile area and is knee-high in some places -
escaped after a break in an above-ground pipeline outside 5175 West San
Fernando Road in the Atwater Village suburb.
According
to Los Angeles Fire Department, oil was spurting 15 to 20 feet into the
air from a burst 20-inch pipe, with the leak reported shortly after
midnight local time.
Clean
up: Hazardous material specialists are also working at the scene amid
concern that the massive spill could cause an environmental disaster.
Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott says there is currently no 'visible
evidence' that the oil has entered storm drains
Sweep:
Workers try to prevent the vast quantities of crude oil flowing into
storm drains. The drains empty into the Los Angeles River and there is
concern the spill could cause serious harm to wildlife if the oil gets
into the water supply
Washed
away: The clean up operation is focusing on storm drains and manhole
covers amid concern that the crude oil could seep into the water supply
and cause public health problems and damage to wildlife
Spill:
The oil - which covers a half-mile area and is knee-high in some places
- escaped after a break in an above-ground pipeline outside 5175 West
San Fernando Road in Atwater Village
Evacuated:
Five commercial businesses - including The Gentlemen's Club strip bar -
were affected after LAPD completely shut down the Atwater Village area
The
flow of oil to the pipe was remotely shut down shortly within 10
minutes of the burst being detected, but the leak continued for another
45 minutes. A
20-inch oil pipeline is medium-sized by industry standards and would
generally transport about 200,000 barrels per day based on average
rates. There was no immediate information about the specific capacity or
throughput of the line.
'This
oil comes from the Bakersfield area, this is a pumping transfer station
and pumping transfer station then transfers the oil to a storage
facility in Long Beach,' Batallion Chief David Spence said. Four
workers at the nearby Baxter industrial plant were reportedly evaluated
for general illness and respiratory concerns, with two of them taken to
hospital, according to NBC Los Angeles, Oil
was seen shooting towards the sky and on to a nearby strip bar, The
Gentlemen’s Club at around 1am local time. The Gentlemen's Club was
subsequently evacuated, Los Angeles Fire Department said.
Four other commercial businesses are known to have been affected after LAPD completely shut down the Atwater Village area.
About
150,000 litres of fuel have contaminated soil close to the River
Kennet, just upstream from top public school Marlborough College,
pictured, in Wiltshire
Up
to 150,000 litres of fuel leaked into farmland in Marlborough after
thieves drilled through a major Esso pipeline. The attack on the
pipeline running through the estate of the late multi-millionaire Robert
Sangster in Manton happened on April 2, causing a high risk of an
explosion. News of the incident, in which a tapping device was used to
break into the pipeline 8ft underground, has only just emerged. It pumps
fuel from the Fawley Refinery in Hampshire to a distribution terminal
in Birmingham. A hose had been connected to the pipe, which carries a
range of fuels, and was then hidden with soil. It was disturbed by a
farmer, resulting in the leak. Esso does not yet know how much fuel has
leaked but says 150,000 litres would be the worst case scenario. A
spokesman said: "The pipeline was quickly repaired and has resumed
operation and there is no indication of any impact on human health as a
result of the leak. "We remain committed to resolving the situation
fully. At the moment we are trying to determine whether there has been a
leak and if there has, where the fuel has gone." A 500-metre safety
cordon was put into place while the scale of the incident was
established and people living nearby moved as a precaution. Wiltshire
Fire and Rescue Service fire engines, from Marlborough, Calne and
Devizes, together with an operational support unit and an incident
command vehicle from Swindon. A fire crew remained at the scene for 32
hours as a precaution. Police and the fire service said this week that
they didn't release details of the incident because they were acting on
behalf of the Wiltshire and Swindon Local Resilience Forum, a body
including fire, police and ambulance, Wiltshire Council and Public
Health England, and it was up to the forum to make the incident public.
Town councillors were sent an email marked confidential by town clerk
Shelley Parker giving brief details of the incident days afterwards. At a
full council meeting on Monday Carl Barber, the Marlborough fire crew
manager, told councillors: "It's extremely dangerous. That is an
extremely pressurised line at times and it can be a danger."It was
brought to our attention by the police as some was seen to be leaking
and it did take 32 hours and seven appliances because our attendance was
required while they isolated and dealt with the issue." Esso has
depressurised the pipeline to limit leaks. It says there is still a
quantity of diesel and petrol mixture in a hole approximately 1.4 metres
deep on the Manton estate. The firm contacted Action for the River
Kennet to identify suitable monitoring points along the river in case of
pollution. The Environment Agency is working with Public Health England
to evaluate the impact on water courses. An Environment Agency
spokesman said: "At present there is no impact to the River Kennet, but
we continue to monitor the situation closely." Police in Hampshire are
investigating a large quantity of diesel found in a large industrial
unit in East Wellow on April 17. It is believed that the tanks found
were being filled from a sophisticated system which had tapped into a
main fuel line. Two men, aged 32 and 34, from the Salisbury area, were
arrested on suspicion of conspiring to steal fuel. They are on bail
pending further inquiries. Detectives from Lyndhurst CID in Hampshire
are working with other police forces, including Wiltshire, as part of a
wider investigation into breaches of fuel lines in the south of England.
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Thieves drill down 8ft into Esso pipeline - and spark major pollution alert at top fishing river
150,000 litres of fuel contaminated soil close to River Kennet in Wiltshire
Thieves drilled underground pipeline causing the leak near fishing spot
Attack on Esso refinery pipe believed to be first of its kind in Britain
Published: 19:22 EST, 10 May 2014 | Updated: 19:22 EST, 10 May 2014
Petrol
thieves have drilled into an underground pipeline and caused a leak of
thousands of litres of fuel next to a popular fishing river, sparking a
major environmental alert.
About
150,000 litres of fuel have contaminated soil close to the River
Kennet, just upstream from top public school Marlborough College in
Wiltshire.
Police are investigating the attack on the Esso refinery pipeline, believed to be the first of its kind in the UK.
150,000 litres of fuel have contaminated soil close to the River Kennet, pictured, in Wiltshire
A
Wiltshire Police source told The Mail on Sunday: ‘We’re used to fuel
being stolen from farms by rural criminals but this is quite a step
further. Two men have been detained in the Somerset area with a large
amount of illicit fuel but at this stage we don’t know if the two
incidents are linked.’
The
theft was from the Midline pipeline, which carries fuel from the Fawley
Refinery near Southampton to the Birmingham Fuels Terminal.
Hmmmm, alert the presses and let everyone know that in spite of the facts that :
Oil
spills are never properly cleaned up and the side effects of the
chemicals and toxins left behind linger for years.
Energy
Companies responsible for the spills are never truly held
accountable for all the damage done due to carelessness and cost
cutting to fatten their bottom line
Sea life , Coral
Reefs, and the food chain in oil spill damaged areas face death
at every turn. While the culprits shrug their shoulders and say
"Oh Well"
Coastlines are negatively impacted.
Damaging not only the ecology but the likelihood of those who
depend on a clean and healthy ocean to sustain themselves and their
families.
The Energy Companies walk away after
THEY feel they have done enough when in reality they fall
woefully short and the corrupt government taking corporate
kickbacks allows them to get away with their crimes with a slap
on the wrist.
In spite of all this destruction ........Oil Spills create jobs.
Would that also be the case for oil spills caused by,
oh
let's say, pipeline leaks and train derailments in populated areas
where not only people are affected, but their ground water and
lands are poisoned with chemicals and toxic oil that can never truly
be completely removed?
Yes indeed, that certainly is worth the jobs created alright......NOT!!
~Desert Rose~
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Kinder Morgan: Oil Spills' Economic Effects Are Both Good And Bad
The Huffington Post Canada | Posted: 05/01/2014 1:41 pm EDT | Updated: 05/01/2014 1:59 pm EDT
There is at least something of a bright side to oil spills, pipeline company Kinder Morgan says.
In a recent submission to the National Energy Board, the company says marine oil spills “can have both positive and negative effects on local and regional economies” thanks to the economic activity generated by cleanup operations.
“Spill
response and clean-up creates business and employment opportunities for
affected communities, regions, and clean-up service providers,” the
company says.
The comments appear in a 15,000-page application to the NEB to triple the capacity of its Trans Mountain Pipeline, which carries oil from Alberta to Port Metro Vancouver.
Environmentalists fear an increase in oil shipments through West Coast waters would increase the risk of oil tanker accidents.
Kinder
Morgan’s submission doesn’t ignore the negatives; it points out that
oil spills are devastating to fishing and tourism industries, and notes
the negative impacts on human health, damage to property and harm done
to “cultural resources.”
But it cites a 1990 research paper looking at the economic impacts of the Exxon Valdez oil spill to argue there are positive elements as well.
It's in the cards; spread of possible oil spill tracked by 'drift card' study
Apr 1, 2014 at 12:00PM updated at 2:33PM
Jennifer of Victoria and a friend show off a drift card that she found on Vancouver Island.
— image credit: Contributed photo/Friends of San Juans
Journal staff report
Conservation
groups from Washington and British Columbia commemorated the 25th
anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill by launching 650 ‘drift cards’
along Salish Sea oil tanker routes.
The
cards were dropped at two locations: off Turn Point, Stuart Island,
where Haro Strait intersects with Boundary Pass, and near Bird Rocks in
Rosario Strait. They carry a simple message: This Could Be Oil.
This
research responds to a sharp increase in fossil fuel export projects
proposed in British Columbia and Washington state. The proposed Gateway Pacific coal terminal
at Cherry Point north of Bellingham and Kinder Morgan’s increase in
tar-sands shipping from Vancouver, and other projects, would add an
additional 2,620 ship transits per year to the waters of the Salish Sea,
making the region one of North America’s busiest fossil fuel shipping
corridors.
“The
increased risk of a major oil spill in the Salish Sea is real," said
Stephanie Buffum, executive director of Friends of the San
Juans. "Anyone with a cultural, environmental or economic interest in
our region should get engaged with Coast Guard rulemaking; familiarize
themselves with effects of cargo traveling through our waters; and ask
decision makers to ensure diluted bitumen (oil sand) is classified as a
petroleum product that is taxed to fund oil spill clean-up efforts.”
Here are some of those job opportunities Kinder Morgan was referring to :
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BP pipeline sprays ‘oily mist’ over 33 acres of Alaskan tundra
Published time: May 01, 2014 03:15
Alaska
state officials confirmed Wednesday that an oily mist sprung from a
compromised oil pipeline and sprayed into the wind without stopping for
at least two hours, covering 33 acres of the frozen snow field in the
oil well's vicinity.
The discovery was at the BP-owned Prudhoe oil
field on Alaska’s North Slope, the northernmost region of the state
where a number of profitable oil fields sit beneath the tundra. The
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) revealed that BP
officials found the mist during a routine inspection on Monday.
Initial
reports said that 27 acres had been covered, although that figure was
updated later on Wednesday. The cause is still under investigation,
according to the Associated Press,
but officials know that the mist was made up of a mixture of gas, crude
oil, and water. They also reported that while the noxious mist was
distributed over such a wide area by 30 mph winds, no wildlife was
impacted.
BP spokeswoman Dawn Patience said the company is “still assessing repairs” and will soon know what, if any, long-term effects the spill could have.
The
Prudhoe Bay region, like elsewhere in the North Slope, is home to a
great number of migratory birds and caribou, as well as other animals,
such as a massive porcupine herd. Clean-up efforts are expected to be
complete before birds pass through the region again in the coming weeks.
The
company was at fault in at least two oil spills in the same region
since 2006. That year, an estimated 267,000 gallons of oil seeped
through a quarter-inch sized hole in a corroded BP pipeline. That
accident went unnoticed for five days, until an oil worker smelled the
aroma of crude when driving through the area, according to Think Progress.
Lynchburg, Virginia Train Derailment Sparks Fire, Fills Air With Plumes Of Black Smoke
The Huffington Post
Posted: Updated:
A CSX train derailed near downtown Lynchburg, Virginia around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, prompting evacuations and calls to avoid part of the city as flames and a plume of black smoke rose into the air. There are no immediate reports of injuries.
The City Of Lynchburg announced that the train was carrying crude oil and three or four of its 13 to 14 cars were breached.
"There is some spillage in the river of crude oil,"
Lynchburg city spokeswoman LuAnn Hunt told the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Richmond primarily draws its water from the James River, downstream
from Lynchburg. Another official said the city is making plans to tap an
"alternative water supply."
The train's tankers may be from a
class of rail cars deemed an "unacceptable public risk" by a member of
the National Transportation Safety Board in February. These black, pill-shaped cars, known as DOT-111s, have been involved in recent notable oil train derailments in North Dakota and Quebec.
"We are very clear that this issue needs to be acted on very quickly,"
National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah Hersman told
reporters last week. The Transportation Department is currently working
on stricter standards for rail tank cars used to transport hazardous
materials. "They aren't moving fast enough," Hersman said.
In February, Plains CEO Greg Armstrong said on the company's quarter four earnings call that Yorktown is ideally situated geographically to become an oil export mecca if the ban is lifted.
When
asked by an analyst from Bank of America about the ongoing debate over
lifting the crude oil export ban, Armstrong discussed how Plains could
stand to profit from exports.
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- The oil giant BP is back in court for the April 2010 accident that
caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, killing 11 workers
and leaking almost five million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of
Mexico. On Monday, the second phase of the trial began with lawyers
accusing the oil company of lying about how much oil was leaking,
failing to prepare for how to handle the disaster, and for not capping
the leak quick enough. We're joined in New Orleans by Monique Harden,
co-director of Advocates for Environmental Human Rights and an attorney
who specializes in environmental justice concerns in New Orleans. In the
aftermath of the BP spill, Harden's organization exposed how the oil
giant had contracted with a claims processing company that promoted its
record of reducing lost dollar pay-outs for injuries and damage caused
by its client companies. We are also joined by John Barry, vice
president of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority -- East,
which has brought a lawsuit against 97 oil and gas companies for
destruction of the Gulf coastline, making the area more at risk from
flooding and storm surges.
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