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Records show Plains All American Pipeline admitted leak was possible
Sensitive Santa Barbara coastline was hit by up to 101,000 gallons of oil
Crew members inspect oil spill damage at Refugio State Beach in Goleta, California in May.
Photograph: Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters A Texas company whose ruptured pipeline created the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years had assured the government that a break in the line, while possible, was “extremely unlikely”.
The company also said state-of-the-art monitoring could quickly detect possible leaks and alert operators, documents show.
Nearly 1,200 pages of records, filed with state regulators by Plains
All American Pipeline, detail a range of defences the company
established to guard against crude oil spills and, at the same time,
prepare for the worst should a spill occur. MORE
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