2011-05-13 Rainbow I Pipeline Spill: AWA calls for full investigation

The recent failure of the 45-year old Plains All American Rainbow pipeline in northwestern Alberta, which discharged 4.5 million litres (28,000 barrels) of crude oil into boreal wetlands and forest, is only one such example. The 220,000 barrel-a-day Rainbow line, owned by a Canadian subsidiary of Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline L.P., developed a leak on April 28 that resulted in the biggest spill the province has seen since 1975.

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