JANUARY 19
Conoco pipeline spills 126,000 gallons of crude oil into a rice field and into Lake Charles LA.
JANUARY 23

ARCO pipeline spills 162,000 gallons of crude oil on ground and into a river near Oswatomie KS.

FEBRUARY 5 Colonial pipeline leaks 63,000 gallons of diesel and jet fuel into cave system of Lookout Mountain TN
MARCH 11 Chevron pipeline spills 168,000 gallons of crude oil in Fresno County CA.
MARCH 21 Enron pipeline leaks 134,000 gallons of liquid petroleum gas in Harvey County KS.
JUNE 7

Texaco pipeline spills 140,000 gallons of crude oil at Ponca City OK into Arkansas River.

JUNE 9

Contractors damage a natural gas line in Reno NV, filling a nearby casino with fumes, causing 61 injuries.

JUNE 16

Marathon pipeline spills 218,000 gallons of gasoline in Clinton OH, causing groundwater contamination, fire and two injuries.

SEMTEMBER 20 Coastal States pipeline spills 105,000 gallons of gasoline in Bee County TX.
OCTOBER 24 Shell pipeline spills 126,000 gallons of crude oil in Gaines County TX.
NOVEMBER 6

OPS convenes conference with industry representatives to begin developing Risk Management program that weakens regulation.

NOVEMBER 24 Texaco pipeline at Lefors TX spills 294,000 gallons of crude oil into Sand Creek, north of Red River.
DECEMBER 2 Oil pipeline explosion near McCarney TX kills three contractor workers doing routine maintenance, also injuring another.
DECEMBER 9

Natural gas pipe, damaged by a backhoe operator, ruptures in downtown Atlanta GA, injuring four people.

DECEMBER 14 Texaco gathering pipeline leaks 95,400 gallons of crude oil in Kermit, TX.
DECEMBER 19

Natural gas line explosion in Norristown PA destroys house, killing two people and injuring one.

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