TC Energy Corp. said it continues response and recovery following a 14,000-bbl crude oil spill in Washington County, Kan., from its Keystone pipeline but does not yet have a timeline for the 610,000-b/d system’s restart. The company described the spill as contained and said that multiple vacuum trucks and booms are onsite as part of recovering the oil (OGJ Online, Dec. 8, 2022).
TC Energy is conducting repair planning and investigation of the leak’s cause as part of unified command with the US Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Association and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. TC Energy said there so far has been no indication of adverse public health effects.
The 1,230-km Keystone system carries crude oil from Hardisty, Alta., to refiners in the US Midwest and Gulf Coast. It splits at Steele City, Neb., with one branch running east through Kansas and Missouri to delivery points at Wood River and Patoka, Ill., and the other south to delivery points at Cushing, Okla., and Houston and Port Arthur, Tex.