Company Behind Dakota Access In Spotlight for Numerous Pipeline Incidents.
And it appears that at least one of the developer’s pipeline incidents may be worse than originally thought, according to The Guardian.
In a story published today (May 25), The Guardian reports on the Texas-based energy company’s natural gas Rover pipeline in Ohio.
ETP spilled a reported two million gallons of non-toxic mud-like drilling fluids, which is used to lubricate and cool equipment, during the construction process of the 710-mile long natural gas pipeline.
ETP was first in the headlines last year after its 1,172-mile long Dakota Access Pipeline received worldwide attention from indigenous groups in opposition of it.
The pipeline is now complete, and it’s become increasingly clear that its opponents were right to warn about leakage.
The pipeline has already seen three spills.
Though the spills have been relatively small (ranging from 20 to 100 gallons of oil), they have caused further concern within the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which led resistance efforts against the $3.78 billion project in North Dakota.
The first reported spill of 84 gallons led to Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman Dave Archambault II to issue a statement May 10 saying: “The Dakota Access pipeline has not yet started shipping the proposed half million barrels of oil per day and we are already seeing confirmed reports of oil spills from the pipeline.
Activists filed a lawsuit yesterday related to the Rover incidents with hopes to block the natural gas pipeline, per The Guardian.