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3. On June 10, 1999, the Olympic pipeline operated by Olympic Pipeline Company, carrying gasoline at the time, exploded in Whatcom Falls Park in Bellingham, Washington. The disaster began at 3:25 PM PDT (22:25 UTC) when an underground gasoline pipeline crossing Whatcom and Hanna Creeks ruptured. The incident was caused by a series of errors and ...
2013 (20 August) Explosion of a natural gas pipeline near Kiowa southwest of Oklahoma City [106] 2013 (8 October) Explosion of a natural gas pipeline near Rosston, Oklahoma. [107] 2014 (Jan 25) A Trans Canada pipeline about 15 miles south of Winnipeg ruptured and exploded. The incident prompted the precautionary closure of two nearby pipelines.
January 21, 2019 - A 30-inch diameter natural gas pipeline owned by Enbridge exploded in Noble County, Ohio at approximately 10:40 a.m.. The pipeline was built in the 1950s, and last inspected in the 1980s prior to the explosion. Still under investigation, corrosion is the presumed cause. [112]
1999 On May 1, excavation equipment damaged a Koch Industries pipeline in Pleasant Hill, Iowa, spilling 3,663 barrels of crude oil. [10] 1999 The Olympic pipeline explosion: A pipeline in a Bellingham, Washington park ruptured and leaked gasoline, and later vapor from the leak exploded and burned, killing two 10-year-old boys and an 18-year-old ...
1949 A road grader operator was seriously burned when his grader hit a 6-inch gas pipeline west of Mankato, Kansas on November 17. [79] 1949 On December 8, an explosion and fire occurred at a compressor station for a 24-inch natural gas pipeline in Centralia, Missouri. Flames could be seen for 150 miles (240 km) away.
On July 10, Phillips 66 Pipeline's 12.75-inch crude oil pipeline leaked north of Wichita Falls, Texas. The failure was in a longitudinal seam. An estimated 1,200 barrels (50,400 US gallons) were spilled. [21] On August 1, an Enbridge 30-inch gas transmission pipeline exploded and burned in Stanford, Kentucky.
On 26 September 2022, a series of underwater explosions and consequent gas leaks occurred on 3 of 4 pipes of the Nord Stream 1 (NS1) and Nord Stream 2 (NS2) natural gas pipelines, two of 23 gas pipelines between Europe and Russia. [ 8] Both pipelines were built to transport natural gas from Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea, and are ...
Two underwater explosions were reported in the vicinity of the controversial Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, and an overflight by a Danish F-16 fighter jet confirmed evidence of a huge natural ...