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Search Continues for Leak in the Keystone Crude Oil Pipeline

Search Continues for Leak in the Keystone Crude Oil Pipeline

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Work continues to find the leak from the Keystone pipeline in southern Hutchinson County.

Mark Cooper is a spokesman for pipe owner Trans Canada….

Cooper says they have not yet found where the leak is coming from…..

Cooper says they don’t know for sure yet how much oil leaked out of the pipeline…..

The leak was reported Saturday afternoon when a sheen of oil was spotted on a small pond in that area. Cooper says the pipeline was shut down soon after that report.
Cooper says they now anticipate that the pipeline will be shut down at least into next week.

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