Operator Error Caused 400,000-Gallon Crude Oil Spill Outside Midland, Texas

Inside Climate News · By Martha Pskowski · last updated May 26, 2023 – 1:10 PM

EnLink Midstream’s Chickadee pipeline ruptured on March 29, 2023, causing one of the largest oil spills in the past decade in Texas. An incident report blames the massive spill on “incorrect operation.”

By Martha Pskowski

Operator errors caused 402,486 gallons of crude oil to gush out of an EnLink Midstream pipeline south of Midland, Texas on the night of March 29.

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