Three multibillion-dollar projects in the Midwest are focusing attention on carbon dioxide pipelines, which one group says are "terribly under-regulated,"
Amplify Energy’s emergency response plan for a major oil spill like the one it’s now dealing with in coastal Southern California depended heavily on a quick shutdown of the San
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After an alarm went off in a Amplify Energy control room on Saturday signaling a rupture the San Pedro Bay Pipeline that would spill tens of thousands of gallons of crude into the Pacific Ocean the company waited more than three hours to shut down the pipeline, according to preliminary findings of an investigation into the spill.
Amplify Energy’s emergency response plan for a major oil spill like the one it’s now dealing with in coastal Southern California depended heavily on a quick shutdown of the San Pedro Bay Pipeline if its sensors picked up a sudden loss of pressure. That’s not what happened, investigators revealed Tuesday.