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On June 10, 1999, the Olympic pipeline operated by Olympic Pipeline Company, carrying gasoline at the time, exploded in Whatcom Falls Park in Bellingham, Washington. The disaster began at 3:25 PM PDT (22:25 UTC) when an underground gasoline pipeline crossing Whatcom and Hanna Creeks ruptured. The incident was caused by a series of errors and ...
1999 On May 1, excavation equipment damaged a Koch Industries pipeline in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, spilling 3,663 barrels of crude oil. [10] 1999 The Olympic pipeline explosion: A pipeline in a Bellingham, Washington park ruptured and leaked gasoline, and later vapor from the leak exploded and burned, killing two 10-year-old boys and an 18-year-old ...
2010: Dalian Pipeline disaster – The explosion of two petroleum pipelines and subsequent fire in the port of Dalian, in northern China's Liaoning province on Saturday, on July 17, 2010, caused fatalities, damages and an ecological disaster, releasing 11,000 barrels of oil into the Yellow Sea, and covering up, according to different sources, from 50 to 430 km 2 of sea and coast lines.
1986 A backhoe ruptured an Olympic Pipeline line on May 8, south of Seattle, Washington. About 1,974 barrels of diesel fuel were spilled, with some of it entering the Green River. [12] 1986 On May 14, a 6-inch Amoco pipeline, damaged by some type of arcing, leaked about 380 barrels of gasoline in Elmhurst, Illinois.
The following incidents occurred during 1996: * January 6, Pennsylvania: A gas pipeline failure excised a 30-foot (9.1 m) section of pipe. The gas later ignited, causing a vegetation fire in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Later inspections found numerous flaws on this pipeline.
On October 27, an anhydrous ammonia pipeline ruptured near Kingman, Kansas, and released approximately 4,858 barrels (772.4 m 3) of anhydrous ammonia. Nobody was killed or injured due to the release. The anhydrous ammonia leak killed more than 20,000 fish along a 12.5-mile section of Smoots Creek, including some from threatened species.
The incident occurred when the operators opened a block valve to return an acid sampling system back to service. Very shortly after this block valve had been fully opened, the tubing directly downstream of the valve came apart, spraying two operators with acid. [16] May 15, 2014 – Los Angeles, pipeline rupture, 4 sickened [17]
2020 Colonial Pipeline oil spill Location Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States Coordinates 35°24′52″N 80°48′23″W / 35.41444°N 80.80639°W / 35.41444; -80.80639 Date July 27, 2020 Cause Cause Leak caused by a crack in a repair sleeve Operator Colonial Pipeline Company Spill characteristics Volume 2,000,000 U.S. gallons (7,600,000 L) A major oil spill from the ...