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Keystone Operator Settles Kansas Over 2022 Massive Spill

7/13/2026

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South Bow, the Keystone pipeline operator, agreed to a Kansas settlement to resolve EPA and state violations from the December 2022 spill.
The spill was the largest onshore crude pipeline leak in nine years, exceeding the combined volume of the pipeline’s prior 22 incidents.
The complaint alleges the pipe’s underlying soil was improperly compacted, causing overstress of the bend where the spill occurred.

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Story summary

South Bow, the Keystone pipeline operator, agreed to a Kansas settlement to resolve EPA and state violations from the December 2022 spill.
The spill was the largest onshore crude pipeline leak in nine years, exceeding the combined volume of the pipeline’s prior 22 incidents.
The complaint alleges the pipe’s underlying soil was improperly compacted, causing overstress of the bend where the spill occurred.