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Environment November 1, 2023 - 10:08 am

EPA restores regular water flow in Kansas creek devastated by 2022 oil pipeline break

by Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the creek near Washington, Kansas, inundated with 588,000 gallons of oil when a 36-inch pipeline ruptured nearly a year ago is now flowing naturally.

Environment September 29, 2023 - 10:46 am

Pipeline spills oil into Kansas creek near Quivira National Wildlife Refuge

by Allison Kite, Kansas Reflector

Time will tell whether an oil spill upstream on Rattlesnake Creek will harm the birds that flock to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, a migratory bird stop in Stafford County. 

Environment May 22, 2023 - 12:01 pm

Keystone pipeline owners knew of defect years before Kansas spill

by Allison Kite, Kansas Reflector

Owners of the Keystone pipeline knew a defect had formed years before the strain finally caused the pipeline to burst and flood a Kansas creek with oil last year. 

Environment April 21, 2023 - 4:58 pm

Massive pipeline spill caused by crack created during installation, third-party review concludes

by Paul Hammel, Kansas Reflector

A third-party review of a pipeline spill that released 500,000 gallons of crude oil onto Kansas farmland and a nearby stream was caused by a crack in the metal pipe that eventually ruptured under pressure.

Environment March 14, 2023 - 1:20 pm

Keystone oil pipeline was pushed to bounds of its permit before Kansas spill

by Allison Kite, Kansas Reflector

The Keystone oil pipeline was operating at the bounds of its permit when it burst and released almost 13,000 barrels of oil in northern Kansas, an executive from the company said Tuesday.

Environment March 9, 2023 - 2:57 pm

Feds slap restrictions on more than 1,000 miles of Keystone pipeline after Kansas oil spill

by Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Kansas News Service

Regulators want to know the risks that flawed welding or shifting ground could pose for more breaks on the Keystone pipeline, which has spilled repeatedly since 2011.

Environment February 9, 2023 - 10:16 am

Keystone pipeline operator says faulty welding and other problems led to the Kansas oil spill

by Celia Llopis-Jepsen

Canadian oil company TC Energy said Thursday that faulty welding contributed to an “instantaneous rupture” in its Keystone pipeline that gushed hundreds of thousands of gallons of extra sticky tar sands crude oil onto Kansas native prairie, cropland and into a creek.

State News February 7, 2023 - 12:11 pm

Kansas faith leaders, environmentalists call for transparency around Keystone pipeline spill

by Chloe Anderson, Kansas Reflector

Faith leaders joined environmental advocates and Kansas legislators for a vigil Monday at the Statehouse to call attention to TC Energy’s lack of transparency regarding December’s Keystone pipeline spill, which dumped 588,000 gallons of crude oil in northern Kansas.

Environment February 2, 2023 - 12:01 pm

Two months after the Keystone’s biggest oil spill, residents of a Kansas county wonder what’s next

by Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Kansas News Service

Hundreds of workers have been hustling around the clock to recover oil for two months after the Keystone pipeline spill. Some landowners want more information about the cleanup and about why the pipeline broke.

Environment January 18, 2023 - 1:08 pm

Crews have cleaned up most of the oil that spilled out of the Keystone pipeline in Kansas

by Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Kansas News Service

The pipeline company that spilled nearly 600,000 gallons of oil onto fields and into a stream in north-central Kansas says it has cleaned up more than 85% of the crude.

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