TransCanada Pipeline South Dakota Spill

A leak in the TransCanada pipeline near Amherst, South Dakota in Marshall County was detected November 16, 2017. The pipeline leaked 210,000 gallons of crude oil onto agricultural land, one of the largest on-shore oil spills in the U.S. since 2010. The pipeline moves oil from eastern Alberta, Canada to Oklahoma and Illinois. An investigation into the cause of the leak is ongoing.

Unique identifier: GP0STRLS6

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Shoot date: 30/11/2017

Locations: Amherst, South Dakota, Marshall County, South Dakota, South Dakota, United States of America

Credit line: © Naomi Harris / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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