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Safety Awareness Overview

About Pipelines

The Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) is the federal authority responsible for ensuring the safe, reliable, and environmentally sound operation of our nation's pipeline transportation system. An important component of OPS's mission is to promote pipeline safety through...

Enbridge Spill near Marshall, MI

On July 26, 2010, the Enbridge control center in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada discovered a crude oil leak from Line 6B. This 30 inch diameter pipeline is part of the Lakehead System  transporting crude oil and liquid petroleum products from Griffith, Indiana to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. PHMSA...