A leak along the Keystone oil pipeline discovered in Kansas this week is poised to be one of the largest onshore crude disasters of the decade and could threaten oil deliveries to the United States at a time when markets have already been strained.
Pipeline operators were forced to order an emergency shutdown for the entire Keystone pipeline, which ships heavy crude from Canada to the U.S., after the leak was discovered at a creek some 20 miles south of Steele City, Nebraska.TC Energy officials said Thursday that 14,000 barrels were leaked, making it the largest such leak in Keystone history and among the top five onshore spills in the U.S. this decade.
Any disruption to the line, which sends oil to the Midwest and U.S. Gulf Coast, could put a dent in U.S. inventories when oil inventories are already at a critical low point. TC Energy said the affected segment of the pipeline has been isolated and that downstream migration of the release has been contained, but a restart date for operations remains unclear.
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