PHMSA Seeks Record Fine Against Operator After 2023 Pipeline Spill
Federal regulators are seeking a record $9.6 million penalty against a pipeline operator following a 2023 oil spill, marking the largest proposed fine in PHMSA’s enforcement history.
Federal regulators are seeking a record $9.6 million penalty against a pipeline operator following a 2023 oil spill, marking the largest proposed fine in PHMSA’s enforcement history.
Emergency crews responded to a major oil spill along the Rostock–Schwedt pipeline in northeastern Germany after an accident disrupted crude flow to the PCK refinery. Officials said no injuries occurred and refinery operations remain unaffected.
The EPA fined pipeline operator SFPP $213,560 for a 40,000-gallon gasoline spill in Walnut Creek, Calif., ordering continued cleanup under a settlement resolving Clean Water Act violations.
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) has completed cleanup operations after an oil spill at its Black Sea terminal. The spill forced the suspension of two mooring points, though exports continued via one operational unit.
Renaissance Energy shut down a line on Nigeria’s Trans Niger Pipeline following an operational oil spill near the B-Dere community. Cleanup efforts are underway after the pipeline was clamped and the leak contained.
The Keystone oil pipeline remains shut following a spill near Fort Ransom, North Dakota, with operator South Bow assessing return-to-service plans. The shutdown has raised concerns over crude supply disruptions to U.S. refineries.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is investigating a significant crude oil spill along Enbridge Energy’s Line 6 pipeline in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, near the town of Oakland, about four miles east of Cambridge.
An oil spill has occurred at the Shell loading terminal in Nigeria's Delta region after a pipeline ruptured, Nigeria's maritime agency said on Sunday.
California officials have ended the spill response at Chevron's Richmond Wharf, but an investigation into the incident's cause is still ongoing. Authorities report no wildlife impacts have been observed so far.
Peru's state-run oil producer said on Tuesday it had detected an illegal hook-up that caused crude to leak out from its pipeline in the north of the country that runs from the Amazon to the Pacific.
Martin Midstream Partners said on Monday it had recovered around 1,250 barrels of crude oil following a pipeline spill that occurred earlier this month.
Residents in the nearby community reported a fire near Shell's Gbaran Ubie oil and gas facility in Nigeria, stating that blasts were heard in the area where pipeline repair works had been ongoing.
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) had laid three charges against Husky Oil Operations Ltd. for the spill — the largest in the province's history — in October 2021.
Occidental Petroleum said on Wednesday production is expected to commence in the coming days in the eastern Gulf of Mexico (GoM) after some operations were shut for about five months.
The Unified Command completed a line integrity test on the Main Pass Oil Gathering (MPOG) company's pipeline system near Plaquemines Parish, southeast of New Orleans, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Monday.
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