Kinder Morgan repairs, restarts northern California pipeline following spill

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, May 10 -- Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP has completed repairs on its 14-in. Concord-Sacramento, Calif., petroleum products pipeline, resuming normal operations May 2. The company had 4 days earlier reported a spill of "less than 1,500 bbl of diesel" into the Suisun Marsh 5 miles south of Fairfield, Calif.

Kinder Morgan said no product reached the Suisun Slough or San Francisco Bay, and the spill, which impacted 15-20 acres, was contained with booms. Kinder Morgan is working with regulatory agencies on the spill. cleanup.

The pipeline transports gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel to Chico and Sacramento, Calif., and Reno, Nev.