The Nigerian Ministry of Petroleum Resources released a statement last week stating that 2,418 oil spills were recorded in the Nigerian Agip Oil Company’s operations between 2010 and 2016.
The Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) initiated 144 new enforcement cases from January 2017 to July 2017; compared with 164 cases in 2016, 197 cases in 2015, and 154 cases in 2014.
Commodity investors generally agree that the oil market is coming into balance, but huge stockpiles of fuel and teeming strategic Chinese crude inventories could send prices on one last, ugly slide lower, analysts told CNBC
Three ways 2016 PIPES Act will affect pipeline operators will be aggressive timetable for more regulations and studies, Expansion of federal oversight and Increased fees and costs on pipeline operators.
A pipeline oil spill from January 2015 that spilled 31,000 gallons of oil into the Yellowstone River and contaminated Glendive’s water supply in Montana, US. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced the civil penalty last week against Bridger Pipeline LLC.
