On Wednesday August 10, the Pipeline Safety Trust (PST) hosted Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) Accident Investigation Division. The daylong meeting consisted of an … [Read more...] about Touring Whatcom Creek with PHMSA’s Accident Investigation Division
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Pipeline break spills 45,000 gallons of diesel in Wyoming
Pipeline break spills 45,000 gallons of diesel in Wyoming By Matthew Brown, Associated Press (August 12, 2022) - Kenneth Clarkson with the Pipeline Safety Trust, a Bellingham, Washington-based group that advocates for safer … [Read more...] about Pipeline break spills 45,000 gallons of diesel in Wyoming
PST Statement on PHMSA’s Gas Mega-rule
Gas Distribution Pipelines
Editor’s Note: This blog post is the final installment in a three-part series. Previously we discussed gas gathering pipelines and gas transmission pipelines. The three main types of natural gas pipelines are gas gathering, gas … [Read more...] about Gas Distribution Pipelines
Plan to convert natural gas pipeline to CO2 in Lincoln County raising concerns
Plan to convert natural gas pipeline to CO2 in Lincoln County raising concerns By Chris Dunker, Lincoln Journal Star (July 24, 2022) - But those regulations are incomplete, according to the Pipeline Safety Trust, a nonprofit promoting … [Read more...] about Plan to convert natural gas pipeline to CO2 in Lincoln County raising concerns
State of Safety: North Dakota
PST’s Data and GIS Analyst James Eager walks us through one state’s pipeline safety track record each month. Click on the “State of Safety” tag at the bottom of the post to see all of James’s entries to date. Two facts set North … [Read more...] about State of Safety: North Dakota
Osage Pipeline Leaks 42,042 Gallons of Crude Oil into Skull Creek in Payne County, Oklahoma
Feds investigate large gas leak from Colo. pipeline
Feds investigate large gas leak from Colo. pipeline By Mike Soraghan and Mike Lee, Energywire ( July 8, 2022) - The Colorado leak highlights the need for the new congressionally mandated focus, said Kenneth Clarkson, spokesperson for … [Read more...] about Feds investigate large gas leak from Colo. pipeline
Massive Tennessee Oil Spill Barely Missed State’s Largest Aquifer
Massive Tennessee Oil Spill Barely Missed State's Largest Aquifer By Emma Mayer, Newsweek (July 8, 2022) - Bill Caram, director of Pipeline Safety Trust, a nonprofit watchdog group, told WPLN that the pipe had to have been above ground … [Read more...] about Massive Tennessee Oil Spill Barely Missed State’s Largest Aquifer
State: 201K Gallons of Oil Spill From Pipeline in Tennessee
State: 201K Gallons of Oil Spill From Pipeline in Tennessee By Associated Press (July 7, 2022) - It was the second-largest recorded crude oil spill in the state, advocacy group Pipeline Safety Trust said in a statement. The spill … [Read more...] about State: 201K Gallons of Oil Spill From Pipeline in Tennessee