Another Oil Spill, This Time Chevron in Utah

Image from source, Salt Lake Tribune

Are they getting any actual oil to the refineries any more?  Oil companies should be required to put a percentage of their profits into cleanup research, development and of course deployment.  Thanks to Stupid Monkey Planet for the link.

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Residents to Chevron: Clean up the mess

A leak from Chevron's underground oil pipeline may have gone undetected for hours as it spilled 50 gallons of crude a minute Saturday into Salt Lake City's Red Butte Creek.



The oil blackened the east-side creek, stained scores of birds, prompted the closure of Liberty Park and sent oil as far west as the Jordan River.


"This is extremely harmful," said disgusted resident Peter G. Hayes, a biology teacher who showed oily rocks from his creek-side home to Chevron officials at Liberty Park. "I want to know when are you going to send someone to my backyard and clean up my mess because I can't even live in my house because of the smell."


Chevron pledged to clean up the 6-mile mess, but the company could not quantify the damage. . .

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