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Forgotten California pipeline spills 500 barrels of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean

A pipeline the oil market had all but forgotten resurfaced like a painful memory last week, spilling 500 barrels of heavy oil into the Pacific Ocean.

By Lynn Doan, Bloomberg | Updated on May 28, 2015
An oil slick from a broken pipeline off the central California coast near Santa Barbara on May 19, 2015. Capt. Dave Zaniboni of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department says the pipeline on the land near Refugio State Beach broke and spilled oil into a culvert that ran under the U.S. 101 freeway and into the ocean. (Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)

(Bloomberg) — A pipeline the oil market had all but forgotten resurfaced like a painful memory last week, spilling 500 barrels of heavy oil into the Pacific Ocean.

Line 901. A quarter century ago, it was a pipeline full of promise. Today, it’s full of — not much, really. Before it leaked on May 19, pouring viscous crude into the waters off California’s coast, the 24-inch line was schlepping 28,800 barrels a day, mostly to a small refinery near Santa Barbara, at less than a fifth of its capacity.

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