TC Energy Keystone pipeline spill near Washington, Kansas news coverage and info
Federal data: Kansas oil spill biggest in Keystone history
By John Hanna, Ryan J. Foley and Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press
December 9, 2022
https://apnews.com/article/oil-spills-business-texas-kansas-us-environmental-protection-agency-eda391fc0924b34a08ff840615a7bc58
Oil spill in rural Kansas creek shuts down Keystone pipeline
By By John Hanna, Heather Hollingsworth, Josh Funk, Associated Press
December 11, 2022
https://apnews.com/article/oil-spills-business-texas-canada-kansas-34d8391337583fc242407141d24d66c2
Company starting to recover oil from Kansas pipeline spill
By John Hanna and Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press December 13, 2022
https://apnews.com/article/oil-spills-kansas-topeka-business-us-environmental-protection-agency-2b43ad737053d578cb61a2df513f0114
Regulators order Keystone Pipeline to investigate after 14,000 barrels spill in Kansas
By Allison Kite / Kansas Reflector & Paul Hammel / Nebraska Examiner
Dec. 9, 2022
https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/regulators-order-keystone-pipeline-to-investigate-after-14000-barrels-spill-in-kansas/
Kansas couple reacts to Keystone oil spill on their land
By Fred Knapp , Reporter/Producer Nebraska Public Media Dec. 9, 2022 https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/couple-react-to-keystone-oil-spill-on-their-land/
Watch: Aerial footage reveals extent of Keystone Pipeline spill
By Nebraska Public Media Staff
Dec. 10, 2022
https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/watch-aerial-footage-reveals-extent-of-keystone-pipeline-spill/
Keystone pipeline shut after 14,000-barrel oil spill in Kansas
By Brijesh Patel, Rod Nickel and Nia Williams
December 9, 2022
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/keystone-pipeline-shut-after-oil-spill-into-kansas-creek-2022-12-08/
Keystone spill prompts scrutiny of permit allowing pipeline to run faster
By Rod Nickel and Nia Williams
December 9, 2022
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/keystone-spill-prompts-scrutiny-permit-allowing-pipeline-run-faster-2022-12-09/
Investigators, cleanup crews begin scouring oil pipeline spill in Kansas
By Erwin Seba and Nia Williams
December 10, 2022
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/efforts-ongoing-clean-up-keystone-oil-leak-largest-us-spill-nearly-decade-2022-12-09/
Kansas residents hold their noses as crews mop up massive U.S. oil spill
By Erwin Seba and Nia Williams
December 10, 2022
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/residents-hold-their-nose-crews-mop-up-huge-us-oil-spill-2022-12-10/
TC Energy says has not found cause of Keystone oil pipeline leak
by Juby Babu, Marguerita Choy
December 11, 2022
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tc-energy-says-has-not-found-cause-keystone-oil-pipeline-leak-2022-12-11/
Keystone oil spill cleanup expected to last weeks -officials
By Rod Nickel, Arathy Somasekhar
December 13, 2022
https://www.reuters.com/article/pipeline-spill-tc-energy-keystone-idCAKBN2SX1KL
TC Energy restarts segment of Keystone pipeline unaffected by oil spill
By Nia Williams and Rod Nickel
December 14, 2022
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/tc-energy-expects-give-update-keystone-pipeline-restart-wednesday-2022-12-14/
Not just any oil spill. The Keystone pipeline dumped notoriously hard-to-clean 'dilbit' in Kansas
KCUR | By Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Published December 15, 2022 https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-12-15/not-just-any-oil-spill-the-keystone-pipeline-dumped-notoriously-hard-to-clean-dilbit-in-kansas
Environmental Restoration LLC working cleanup. https://erllc.com/
Some light reading on the general process...
OIL SANDS 101: PROCESS OVERVIEW
https://www.oilsandsmagazine.com/technical/oilsands-101
Some info on tar sands crude and the Keystone XL Pipeline that was successfully blocked.
What Is the Keystone XL Pipeline?
How a single pipeline project became the epicenter of an enormous environmental, public health, and civil rights battle.
March 15, 2022
Melissa Denchak Courtney Lindwall, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/what-keystone-pipeline
What chemicals are added to dilute the bitumen?
🔸diluents considered a trade secret & vary
🔸typically natural-gas condensates such as naphtha
🔸often includes benzene, a known human carcinogen
A Dilbit Primer: How It’s Different from Conventional Oil
Bitumen extracted from tar sands has the consistency of peanut butter and must be diluted to flow through pipelines. And that's just the beginning.
By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News
June 26, 2012
The EPA has just released an interactive tool on the Keystone oil spill in Kansas and says it will update data and such here on a daily basis -- https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/51bc4a89563147aea99e95405ae93a91 #oilandgas #kansas
– Celia Llopis-Jepsen, KCUR
Pipeline company says Kansas oil spill contained, but chemicals found downstream
KCUR | By Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Published December 22, 2022 at 3:00 AM CST
https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-12-22/pipeline-company-says-kansas-oil-spill-contained-but-chemicals-found-downstream
TC Energy to restart Keystone oil pipeline segment after regulator approval
By Rod Nickel and Deep Kaushik Vakil
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/tc-energy-restart-keystones-cushing-segment-after-regulator-approval-2022-12-23/?taid=63a61cb29b50560001abef21&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
Company: Regulators OK reopening of Kansas pipeline segment
By John Hanna, AP December 22, 2022
https://apnews.com/article/business-nebraska-kansas-climate-and-environment-f4894d09430ac4a0ca32b65a44a42358
The Keystone pipeline is back in business while the Kansas oil spill cleanup continues
KCUR | By Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Published December 30, 2022 at 10:11 AM CST
https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-12-30/the-keystone-pipeline-is-back-in-business-while-the-kansas-oil-spill-cleanup-continues
Crews divert Kansas creek in the race to clean Keystone pipeline spill and prevent further pollution
KCUR | By Celia Llopis-Jepsen
Published January 5, 2023 at 2:11 PM CST
Celia Llopis-Jepsen writes from KCUR
Here's what we know so far about whether the state, fed & county governments will recover their costs for the Keystone pipeline oil spill. Plus, other emerging details about the situation:
https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-01-13/the-keystone-operator-must-repay-some-not-all-of-the-tax-dollars-spent-on-its-kansas-oil-spill
UPDATE: More than 85% of the oil has been recovered from the Keystone spill, TC Energy says. And, the Wash. Co. News reports the Keystone is by far the county's biggest source of local tax revenue: https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-01-18/crews-have-cleaned-up-most-of-the-oil-that-spilled-out-of-the-keystone-pipeline-in-kansas #ksleg #oilandgas #kansas
By Celia Llopis-Jepsen, KCUR
"What's the situation like in Washington County weeks after the Keystone pipeline spilled nearly 600,000 gallons of crude oil here? We take you there to find out." Celia Llopis-Jepsen, KMUW
https://www.kmuw.org/2023-02-02/two-months-after-the-keystones-biggest-oil-spill-residents-of-a-kansas-county-wonder-whats-next
NEW: The operator of the Keystone pipeline says bad welding and other problems caused the "instantaneous rupture" that gushed out over Kansas native prairie, cropland and into a creek.
Celia Llopis-Jepsen, KCUR
https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-02-09/keystone-pipeline-operator-says-faulty-welding-and-other-problems-led-to-the-kansas-oil-spill
"NEW: More details on the Keystone oil spill cleanup near the Kansas-Nebraska border. Trucks haul the oil-drenched soil to a landfill near Omaha. Crews are building a five-acre pond to continue treating contaminated creek water." – Celia Llopis-Jepsen, KCUR
https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-02-15/ice-muck-and-a-480-million-price-tag-the-keystone-oil-spill-cleanup-carries-on-in-kansas
Even as Keystone pipeline reopens, drone ban remains in effect over Kansas oil spill site
Andrew Bahl, Topeka Capital-Journal
https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/environment/2023/01/04/as-keystone-pipeline-reopens-after-kansas-spill-drone-ban-in-effect/69773085007/