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07:44, 17-Nov-2017
US Keystone pipeline shut down after spilling 5,000 barrels of oil
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The Keystone pipeline was shut down on Thursday after spilling estimated 5,000 barrels of oil in the US state of South Dakota, said the TransCanada company.
The leak was detected along a stretch of the pipeline about 35 miles south of a pumping station in rural Marshall County, South Dakota, said a TheHill News Daily report.
The company said it's working with state regulators and the Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to assess the situation.
Earlier this year, US President Donald Trump signed a presidential permit allowing the company to build the Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport as much as 830,000 barrels of crude oil a day from Alberta, Canada, to Nebraska where it would join existing pipelines that feed refineries elsewhere in the United States.
Keystone XL, if built, would cut diagonally through South Dakota. State regulators have already granted construction permits for the pipeline.
Source(s): Xinhua News Agency