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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Chevron Spills 21,000 Gallons of Oil in Salt Lake City



A massive effort is underway to clean up the damage left behind when a Chevron pipeline leaked up to 21,000 gallons of oil into Salt Lake City waterways Saturday.

Crews capped the site of a leak, which was spilling oil into Red Butte Creek. As of 4 p.m. Friday, officials said they had the flow slowed to just two to three gallons per minute.

Chevron officials have confirmed the pipeline was shut off around 7:45 a.m., but warn residual oil was still leaking at the fracture point.'

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  1. Desiree14 June 2010 at 00:40

    Any amount of oil leaked obviously has a tremendous impact on the environment...no amount of oil is ok...
    Help me tell Chevron and BP Oil to perfect their blowout prevention technology before any more off shore exploratory drilling...
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