two months ago a bush hog lawnmower ran over a 72-year-old oil pipeline in Tennessee with, which was pressurized, and spilled more than 180,000 gallons of crude oil. Proof that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 did not result in oil company oversight by the govt

The incident – Tennessee’s second-largest crude oil spill to date – impacted local water, soil and wildlife,

The pipeline spill was uncommon, as pipelines are commonly buried several feet underground, but a worker clearing vegetation in the transmission right-of-way for the Mid-Valley Pipeline Company, the name of the 1,000-mile interstate pipeline through Tennesssee on its path from Texas to Michigan, hit the structure with a skid steer with a mower attachment.

The spill happened shortly after noon on June 29. The pipeline operator remotely closed the nearest valve five minutes after the breach, and emergency responders installed a mechanical clamp over the hole about 24 hours later to stop the leak.

Multiple spills have happened on the Mid-Valley Pipeline, including Tennessee’s largest spill in Clarksville in 1988, over the decades. Its owner, Energy Transfer Partners, is better known for the Dakota Access Pipeline, a nearly 1,200-mile line that has been the subject of protests and ongoing lawsuits.

Roughly 138,000 gallons, or 3,300 barrels, reached the nearby Horse Creek, at a low water level due to the severe drought, and fairly stationary – it would have been a different story if a heavy rain fell right after the spill.

https://wpln.org/post/tennessees-massive-oil-spill-cost-4-7-million-a-federal-investigation-says-it-poured-from-a-7-inch-crack

THAT is why no one believes that pipelines are safe, or that the govt inspects, oversees, or has any regulatory power over oil companies, AND why no one wanted the Keystone pipeline through tribal lands in Oklahoma

https://www.woodwardnews.net/keystone-pipelines-path-cuts-across-native-american-land-history/article_1b56d969-293d-5f5a-a3c9-7c70bf5e53cc.html