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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The operator of an oil pipeline says a faulty weld at a bend in the pipeline contributed to a spill that dumped nearly 13,000 barrels of crude oil into a northern Kansas creek.
Canadian-based TC Energy also estimated Thursday that the cost of cleaning up the spill will be $480 million.
The spill occurred Dec. 7 on the company's Keystone system in rural pastureland in Washington County.
The company says the weld was for a fitting that connected two sections of pipe, and the fitting and weld came from a manufacturing plant. TC Energy said it's analyzing other parts of the pipeline that could have similar issues.
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