Breaking: another oil pipeline has burst, this time in Viking, MN [View all]

[kgrandia]

http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/04/24/another-pipeline-leak-enbridge-alberta-clipper-line-67-leaking-tar-sands-bitumen

This is a pretty big news story - like Keystone XL there is currently an application from Enbridge to the State Department to expand tar sands oil transport to the US.

Full story:

Enbridge's Line 67 tar sands pipeline has leaked an estimated 600 gallons near Viking, Minnesota.

Better known as the Alberta Clipper, theLine 67 pipeline carries heavy crude oil and tar sands bitumen from the Alberta tar sands region south from Hardisty to Superior, Wisconsin and refineries in the midwestern United States.

The U.S. Coast Guard National Response Center website reports the details of theincident:
"1044848","1044848","1044848","INCIDENT","23-APR-2013 17:09","THE CALLER REPORTED THAT A LEAK ON A PRESSURE TRANSMITTER RESULTED IN A RELEASE OF CRUDE OIL.","FIXED","EQUIPMENT FAILURE","23-APR-2013 15:45","18060 203TH ST NW","MN","VIKING","MARSHALL","ENBRIDGE ENERGY","SOIL","OIL: CRUDE"

DeSmog was alerted by the Indigenous Environmental Network, which is en route to the spill site to gather more information. Stay tuned.

The leak has stopped and Enbridge is working on cleanup operations now. The spill does not appear to have reached water.

Enbridge is currently seeking a Presidential Permit from President Barack Obama toexpand the capacity of the Alberta Clipper Line 67 where it crosses the international border. The pipeline currently transports approximately 450,000 bpd of crude oil from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin to the midwestern U.S.