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    April 9, 2018
    Keystone oil spill in November twice as large as initially reported
    ST. PAUL — A November pipeline leak in rural South Dakota was nearly double in size than initially estimated.
    business/energy-and-miningApril 9, 2018 - 5:15pm
    February 16, 2018
    TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline spill cleanup on schedule
    AMHERST (AP) — TransCanada Corp. says cleanup of a massive on-shore oil spill from Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota is halfway finished. Last...
    news/science-and-natureFebruary 16, 2018 - 4:19pm
    December 29, 2017
    This photo taken Dec. 19 shows workers from TransCanada removing contaminated soil from the prairie grass field near Amherst, S.D., close to the North Dakota border. Special to Forum News Service
    Cement weight on Keystone pipeline may have led to huge oil spill
    AMHERST, S.D.—Although studies are continuing, a preliminary report said a problem that started during construction of the Keystone pipeline...
    news/accidentsDecember 29, 2017 - 4:16pm
    November 27, 2017
    A look at the oil spill in Marshall County in far northeast South Dakota near the North Dakota border. Submitted photo
    Keystone pipeline oil to start flowing again Tuesday after ruptured pipe; no cause in sight
    AMHERST, S.D. -- TransCanada Corp. has announced its Keystone Pipeline that runs across eastern North Dakota and South Dakota and ruptured near...
    businessNovember 27, 2017 - 4:45pm
    November 24, 2017
    Thanksgiving meal served up for oil spill cleanup crews
    ABERDEEN (AP) — Crews cleaning up a large oil pipeline spill in northeastern South Dakota took a little time Thursday for a traditional Thanksgiving...
    newsNovember 24, 2017 - 3:02pm
    November 23, 2017
    TransCanada: Over 24K gallons of oil recovered from spill
    AMHERST (AP) — TransCanada Corp. says it has recovered more than 24,000 gallons of oil from the site of a pipeline leak discovered last week...
    newsNovember 23, 2017 - 5:00pm
    November 22, 2017
    State: Testing finds no oil in ditch near Keystone spill
    AMHERST (AP) — A South Dakota official says TransCanada Corp.'s testing of water from a drainage ditch next to the Keystone pipeline's estimated...
    newsNovember 22, 2017 - 12:00pm
    January 23, 2017
    Western Canada oil pipeline leaks nearly 53,000 gallons
    CALGARY, Alberta -- A pipeline in the western Canadian province of Saskatchewan has leaked oil in an aboriginal community, the provincial government...
    newsJanuary 23, 2017 - 5:09pm
    December 20, 2016
    An oil pipeline spill in Ash Coulee Creek is pictured Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, northwest of Belfield, N.D. The Belle Fourche Pipeline spilled an estimated 176,400 gallons of oil. Photo courtesy of North Dakota Department of Health
    Crews recover more than half of oil spilled in ND creek
    HOUSTON -- An estimated 1,805 barrels of oil have been recovered from the Ash Coulee Creek in North Dakota following a Dec. 5 spill that leaked...
    newsDecember 20, 2016 - 10:56am
    April 15, 2016
    Crews with TransCanada were still working the scene of where an oil leak was detected earlier this month along the Keystone pipeline on Friday morning, 6 miles east of Menno, south of Highway 18. (Matt Gade/Republic)
    A problem with pipelines
    A recent oil spill was the last straw for one landowner and his trust in pipeline safety in South Dakota. Mike Sibson never thought the Keystone...
    newsApril 15, 2016 - 10:14pm
    April 13, 2016
    OPINION: When safety fears come true
    The legendary Curt Hohn, executive director of Web Rural Water system and tireless fighter for South Dakota Rural Water, would not be surprised with the news that a leak has developed in southeast South Dakota, 2 miles west of Highway 18 and 81 at Meridian Corner.
    opinion/columnsApril 13, 2016 - 10:19am
    April 7, 2016
    (Photo courtesy of TransCanada)
    TransCanada: 400 barrels of oil leaked near Freeman
    FREEMAN — Officials are estimating that 400 barrels of oil, or 16,800 gallons, were leaked out of a Keystone pipeline near Freeman. TransCanada,...
    newsApril 7, 2016 - 2:32pm
    April 6, 2016
    'Confident they'll make it right,' landowner says
    FREEMAN — The man who owns land where an oil spill is being investigated has no qualms with TransCanada. Loren Schultz, of Freeman, is...
    newsApril 6, 2016 - 6:20pm
    April 5, 2016
    TransCanada workers continued excavating a section of the Keystone oil pipeline Tuesday near Freeman after oil was discovered above ground on Saturday afternoon. No cause was discovered as of Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of TransCanada spokesperson Mark Cooper)
    TransCanada: Oil spill 'small in scope'
    FREEMAN — TransCanada officials have still not found a cause behind an oil spill southwest of Freeman, but evidence suggests the incident...
    newsApril 5, 2016 - 5:59pm
    September 27, 2015
    An aerial photo taken June 18, 2015, shows the site of the cleanup and remediation of the September 2013 Tesoro Logistics oil pipeline leak that released 20,600 barrels of oil into a wheat field near Tioga, N.D. Credit: Vern Whitten Photography
    Two years after spill, dirty pile still dwarfs clean pile
    TIOGA, N.D. – Two years after North Dakota’s largest oil pipeline spill, landowner Patty Jensen measures progress by how large the dirty...
    news/nationSeptember 27, 2015 - 11:34am
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