Enbridge says pipeline safe after NTSB blasts company
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on 12 July 2012
Enbridge Inc, stung by a harsh rebuke from regulators over a 2010 spill that dumped more than 20,000 barrels of crude into a Michigan river system, has stepped up inspections and is confident its pipeline network is safe, the company's incoming chief executive said on Wednesday.
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US agency likens Enbridge oil spill response to 'Keystone Kops'
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on 11 July 2012
Enbridge's massive oil pipeline spill in Michigan in 2010 was caused by a complete breakdown of company safety measures, while its employees performed like 'Keystone Kops' trying to contain it, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday.
The rupture of Enbridge...
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Eni blames sabotage for Nigeria oil spillage
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on 8 July 2012
Italian oil major Eni said on Sunday there has been an oil spill on its Nembe-Obama pipeline in Nigeria's onshore Niger Delta due to sabotage.
'Repair work has started. The wells of Nembe South have been closed with minimal impact on production,' a spokesman for the company sai...
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Enbridge faces $3.7 mln fine for 2010 US oil spill
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on 3 July 2012
The U.S. pipeline regulator on Monday issued a $3.7 million civil penalty against Enbridge Inc for a July 2010 crude oil spill, the largest fine ever proposed by the agency.
The Transportation Department's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) said its probe un...
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Hume Highway remains closed after petrol tanker crash
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on 28 June 2012
Part of the Hume Highway is likely to remain closed until the middle of the day on Thursday after a petrol tanker rolled and spilled fuel across the road.
Police shut the highway a kilometre north of the Wallan-Whittlesea Road about 6.20pm (AEST) on Wednesday after the B-double petrol tank...
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