Keystone Pipeline Shut Down Over Possible Leak

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FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2015, file photo, the Keystone Steele City pumping station, into which the planned Keystone XL pipeline was to connect to, is seen in Steele City, Neb. President Barack Obama's decision in November to deny a federal permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a project that would have cut through Nebraska on its way to Texas Gulf Coast refineries, was voted by newspaper and broadcast members of The Associated Press the No. 2 story in 2015. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
The Keystone Steele City pumping station in Steele City, Neb., on Nov. 3, 2015.Nati Harnik—AP
By Sarah Begley

TransCanada announced on Monday that it had shut down the Keystone Pipeline over concerns of a possible leak in South Dakota.

An investigation is underway after workers found signs of oil on an area of land about four miles away from the Freeman pump station on Saturday, the Wall Street Journal reports. TransCanada is cooperating with the authorities and will not reopen the pipeline until the investigation is complete.

No signs of serious environmental impact have been reported yet.

[WSJ]

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