Keystone Pipeline LIVE: Huge 'bang' sparks chaos at Fort Ransom with massive oil spill

48 mins ago18:54 Joel Day

Liquid pipeline business South Bow, which has managed the pipe since 2024, said its control centre had detected a pressure drop when the rupture occurred and responded with a shutdown shortly after. 

It said the affected segment had now been isolated.

2 hours ago17:58 Joel Day

2 hours ago17:54 Joel Day

While it is unclear at what rate the 30-inch pipeline was flowing, Suess said that even at two minutes, "it’s going to have a fairly good volume."

However, he added: "But ... we’ve had much, much bigger spills."

Another spill from the same pipeline happened a few years ago in Walsh County, North Dakota, he said. 

2 hours ago17:33 Joel Day

Seuss said the public shouldn't be concerned about the pipeline rupture since it occurred a fair distance from any population centres. 

He added that it will take relevant authorities some time to determine how much oil has leaked out. 

3 hours ago17:05 Joel Day

Program Manager for the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, Bill Seuss, said the authorities are working fast to clean up the spill. 

"They’re reporting it as a small area. I don’t have a size in acreage yet. It is confined to a field. The DEQ is responding to the site. The EPA has informed us somebody will be up to check it out," he said.

3 hours ago16:58 Joel Day

The pipeline stretches 2,687 miles across Canada and the US and it is used to deliver oil from Alberta to Houston and Patoka - in the states of Texas and Illinois, respectively. 

The original Keystone Pipeline (Phase 1) began operation in 2010 and runs from Hardisty, Alberta, through Manitoba and North Dakota, to Steele City, Nebraska.

Phase 2 extended the system south from Nebraska to Cushing, Oklahoma.

Phase 3, also known as the Gulf Coast Pipeline, connects Cushing to refineries in Port Arthur and Houston, Texas, and went online in 2014.

3 hours ago16:52 Alice Scarsi

A portion of the pipeline ruptured on Tuesday, April 8;

An employee reported hearing a "bang" and saw oil pouring out of the pipeline;

The pipeline was shut down in about two minutes;

The cause of the spill is not yet known;

An investigation is looking at the size of the incident and what may have caused it. 

3 hours ago16:50 Alice Scarsi