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Mitigation of Pipeline Rupture Underway in Marshall County

Williams Energy and state regulators are working to mitigate the impact of a natural gas pipeline rupture in Marshall County.

Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman Kelley Gillenwater says inspectors have found benzene and other materials in an unnamed stream.

Gillenwater tells The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register that the company has contained the contaminants to the stream. None of the materials has been found in Little Grave Creek.

Gillenwater says Williams Energy also is removing contaminated soil in the area of the spill.

About 132 gallons of condensate spilled into Little Grave Creek after a 4-inch pipeline ruptured northeast of Glen Dale on April 9. Condensate is a mixture of petroleum products found in natural gas.

DEP Says Ruptured Pipeline Contaminated Creek

A Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman says about 6 miles of a creek in Marshall County have been affected by a spill from a ruptured natural gas pipeline.

DEP spokeswoman Kelley Gillenwater tells The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register that Williams Energy will be cited for the spill.

A 4-inch pipeline ruptured northeast of Glen Dale last Thursday night. About 132 gallons of condensate spilled into Little Grave Creek.

Condensate is a mixture of petroleum products found in natural gas.

Gillenwater says an unnamed stream also is believed to have been affected and water samples are being taken.

A 12-inch pipeline operated by Williams Energy ruptured along U.S. 250 in the county about three hours after the first rupture.

Williams Energy spokeswoman Helen Humphreys says both pipelines remain shut down.

Company, State Investigate Marshall County Pipeline Ruptures

Williams Energy and state regulators are investigating two natural gas pipeline ruptures that occurred within hours of each other in Marshall County.

Williams spokesman Helen Humphreys tells The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register that the company believes heavy rains were a contributing factor. She says the rains might have destabilized soils.

A 4-inch pipeline ruptured northeast of Glen Dale shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday. Around 10:50 p.m. Thursday, a 12-inch pipeline ruptured along U.S. 250 in the Bane Lane area.

Humphreys says the pipelines were carrying condensate, a mix of petroleum products found in natural gas. She says the company will mitigate any possible environmental effects.

The company and the Department of Environmental Protection were working to determine how much condensate spilled into Little Grave Creek from the 4-inch pipeline.

No Citations Issued in Marshall Co. Explosion

Williams Energy won’t be cited by state environmental regulators for a natural gas pipeline explosion in Marshall County.

The April 5 explosion and fire scorched trees over a 2-acre area near Moundsville. Several homes were evacuated as a precaution.
 
Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman Kelley Gillenwater tells The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register that the agency didn’t find any evidence of groundwater contamination at the site.
 
An investigation of the explosion’s cause is continuing.
 
Gillenwater says the rupture most likely occurred at a weld point in the 12-inch pipeline.
 
Williams Energy spokeswoman Helen Humphreys says her company appreciates the DEP’s evaluation.
 
 

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