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Colorado flooding triggers oil spills, shutdowns

2013-09-20 18:17:58| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

Liquid leaks from a tank south of Milliken, Colo., Thursday morning, Sept. 19, 2013, as flood waters are starting to recede from last weeks floods.

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Oil spills in flood-hit Colorado raise concerns over industry regulation

2013-09-20 14:36:52| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Al Jazeera: At least two large oil spills have been confirmed in the wake of Colorado's historic floods -- with almost 20,000 gallons of oil being spilled into Colorado rivers -- raising fears of contamination and questions about the regulation of the state's growing oil and gas industry. On Wednesday, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. said that a 5,000 gallon tank had spilled oil into the South Platte River near the town of Millikin in flood-ravaged Weld County -- the most heavily drilled county in the state, with...

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Colorado now tracking 10 oil spills in flood zones

2013-09-19 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Denver Post: Rushing floodwaters loaded with heavy debris damaged oil and gas pipes and tanks, causing the two large spills that state and federal regulators were tracking Thursday. Another eight releases, whose cause is undetermined, were classified as minor by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission -- sheens, for example, coming off of a piece of equipment rather than a measurable volume of petroleum product. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. on Wednesday reported the two larger releases in Weld County....

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5,250 gallons of oil spills into flood-swollen South Platte River near Milliken

2013-09-19 06:45:47| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

Industry crews have placed absorbent booms in the South Platte River south of Milliken where at least 5,250 gallons of crude oil has spilled into the flood-swollen river.

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