Energy and Environment

Keystone pipeline shuts down after 5,000-barrel leak

By Josh Siegel

Published November 16, 2017 10:06pm ET

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Keystone pipeline shuts down after 5,000-barrel leak — After an oil leak, portions of the Keystone XL Pipeline from between Canada, Oklahoma, and Illinois are expected to remain shut down as the pipeline developer responds to the incident. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File) | Nati Harnik

A section of the Keystone pipeline was shut down Thursday after a 5,000-barrel oil leak occurred in Amherst, S.D., just days before Nebraska regulators decide whether to approve the Keystone XL expansion of the pipeline.

TransCanada, the pipeline developer, said the leak happened in an agricultural area and there have been no reports of the oil entering waterways or water systems.

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