BP cleaning up 25,000-gallon gasoline spill in Washington state
2023.12.14 16:04
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(Reuters) – BP (NYSE:) has been working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and local officials since Sunday to clean up a roughly 25,000-gallon gasoline spill from its Olympic Pipeline near Mount Vernon in Washington state.
Nearly 7,000 gallons had been recovered, according to the latest update on Wednesday, which added that one American beaver, one pine siskin bird, and one mallard duck died due to the spill.
The leak was caused by a tubing failure inside a concrete vault that connected one of the pipelines to a pressure sensor, and the main pipeline was shut after a loss in pressure.
