On September 9th, a leak in an oil pipeline, transporting about 459,000 barrels per day of heavy crude, caused an oil spill of approximately 6100 barrels of oil. Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., owners of the pipeline, reported that approximately 6,050 barrels of the oil had been recovered. “We are safely and effectively completing the clean-up and remediation of the spill area so that we can return this busy industrial area of Romeoville back to business as usual,” said Terrance McGill, President of the Partnership. “We’re making very good progress on this front.” According to Enbridge, the pipeline has been completely repaired and will return to service on Friday morning, September 17th. The pipeline is part of Enbridge’s Lakehead System and is known as Line 6A. The … Read entire article »