Enbridge to replace leaky Wisconsin pipeline

Risky business: Natural Resources Committee US representative Ed Markey said Enbridge needed a top-to-bottom review of its safety culture, procedures and standards following Friday’s oil spill in Wisconsin

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 30 July 2012 02:38 GMT

Canada's Enbridge has prepared to replace part of a pipeline that leaked more than 1000 barrels of oil in a Wisconsin field, shutting down a key conduit from Canada and provoking fresh ire from Washington.

The spill on Friday is the latest in a series of incidents that threaten to damage the reputation of a company that launched its most ambitious expansion programme ever just two months ago, Reuters reported.

It came almost two years to the day after a ruptured Enbridge line fouled part of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan.

On Sunday, Enbridge said it tentatively planned to install a new section of pipe on Monday, although it was still unable to say when the 318,000 barrels-per-day Line 14 would resume service or what had caused the…

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