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November 17, 2015

California pipeline operator ordered to fix second line

  • Regulators say the line owned by Plains All American Pipeline was built and operated in the same way as the line that broke May 19 near Santa Barbara.
    • By BRIAN MELLEY
    Associated Press

    LOS ANGELES — The operator of an oil pipeline that ruptured and spilled more than 100,000 gallons of crude on the California coast this year was ordered Friday to purge a neighboring line and make repairs so it doesn't fail.

    Federal regulators said the line owned by Plains All American Pipeline was constructed and operated in the same way as the line that broke May 19 outside Santa Barbara and the agency had found inspections of both pipes had underestimated corrosion inside.


     
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