December 18, 2021 archive

Midship Pipeline threatened with FERC penalties over Oklahoma landowners’ complaints

  The Midship Pipeline Company is facing more possible penalties over allegedly still failing to carry out reconstruction work on Oklahoma farms where it buried its nearly 200 mile long Midship Pipeline, a line that carries natural gas from Oklahoma’s STACK and SCOOP plays to the Gulf Coast. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted Friday …

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BNSF fined over 2018 derailment in Iowa

  A $1.5 million fine against BNSF Railway over a train derailment three years ago in northwest Iowa has been agreed by the company. The derailment dumped 117,500 gallons of crude oil into rivers and creeks and the EPA said the Texas-based railroad agreed to pay the fine to settle claims it violated the federal …

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