Enbridge Pipeline Says Wisconsin Oil Spill’s Cleanup in Progress

Bloomberg
15 Dec 2024

(Bloomberg) -- Enbridge Inc. said Saturday that 60% of the 960 barrels of oil that were spilled on Nov. 11 in Wisconsin has been cleaned up and any affected soil is being removed. 

A faulty connection at a pump transfer pipe at Enbridge Cambridge Station, just west of Milwaukee, was the cause of the spill, Juli Keller, a company spokesperson, said in an email. The line, which carries oil from Superior, Wisconsin, to a terminal near Griffith, Indiana, has been repaired and is in operation, she said.

The spill, enough to fill nearly three backyard swimming pools, comes as the company is engaged in multiple legal and regulatory battles over its US pipelines. 

The Calgary-based company has been ordered to stop operating a line on indigenous land in Wisconsin. It recently received a wetland and waterway permit allowing the start of “specific construction-related activities” to move the line. 

In Michigan, the governor has ordered the company’s Line 5 pipeline to stop operating due to its environmental threat to the Great Lakes. The company has refused to abide by the order and is seeking to build a tunnel under the Great Lakes to better protect the line.

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