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JANUARY
19
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Conoco
pipeline spills 126,000 gallons of crude oil into a rice field
and into Lake Charles LA. |
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| JANUARY
23 |
ARCO
pipeline spills 162,000 gallons of crude oil on ground and into
a river near Oswatomie KS.
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| 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.
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| JUNE
9 |
Contractors
damage a natural gas line in Reno NV, filling a nearby casino with
fumes, causing 61 injuries.
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| JUNE
16 |
Marathon
pipeline spills 218,000 gallons of gasoline in Clinton OH, causing
groundwater contamination, fire and two injuries.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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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