Red Butte Creek oil spill

Red Butte Creek oil spill
Location	Red Butte Creek Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates	40°45′58″N 111°49′35″W / 40.76619°N 111.82647°W / 40.76619; -111.82647Coordinates: 40°45′58″N 111°49′35″W / 40.76619°N 111.82647°W / 40.76619; -111.82647
Date	11 June 2010 – 12 June 2010
Cause
Cause	Ruptured pipeline
Operator	Chevron Corporation
Spill characteristics
Volume	33,000 l (7,300 imp gal; 8,700 US gal)
Area	Red Butte Creek, Jordan River, Liberty Park
Shoreline impacted	5 km (3.1 mi)

The Red Butte Creek oil spill is a spill caused by a rupture in a medium crude oil pipeline that runs to the Chevron Corporation oil refinery in Salt Lake City Utah. Several hours after a detection in the reduction in pressure in the line, the broken pipe was discovered gushing 50 to 60 US gallons (190 to 230 l; 42 to 50 imp gal) oil per minute into the Red Butte Creek and Jordan River that leads to the Great Salt Lake. Clean up efforts were conducted by Salt Lake City firefighters, police, and other local public service agencies, and recovered two thirds of the 33,000-US-gallon (120,000 l; 27,000 imp gal) spill within the first week of the rupture.^[1]

Affected wildlife were transported to Hogle Zoo for treatment.^[2]

See also

• List of oil spills

References

1. ^ Derek P. Jensen (Thursday, 17 June 2010). "Chevron: We won't be difficult on oil-spill cleanup costs". The Salt Lake Tribune. http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_15320863. Retrieved 11 June 2010. 
2. ^ Amy Joi O'Donoghue; Josh Smith (Saturday, June 12, 2010). "Oil spill in Red Butte Creek threatens waters, wildlife". The Deseret News. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700039797/Oil-spill-in-Red-Butte-Creek-threatens-waters-wildlife.html?pg=2. Retrieved 14 June 2010.