Enbridge: Cleanup of 2010 Oil Spill in Michigan Cost $1.21B

November 5, 2014

A Canadian pipeline company says it has cost about $1.21 billion to clean up a 2010 oil spill into the Kalamazoo River system in Michigan.

TV stations WOOD and WWMT report Calgary, Alberta-based Enbridge Inc. released the updated estimate, roughly $86 million higher than a previous figure released in December.

The total includes $551.6 million for response personnel and equipment, $227 million for environmental consultants and $429.4 million in professional, regulatory and other costs. About $33 million is being used to complete dredging activities in the Morrow Lake area.

Cleanup efforts followed the leak of about 800,000 gallons of crude from an underground pipeline that runs from Griffith, Indiana, to Sarnia, Ontario. The leak was discovered in the Kalamazoo River and Talmadge Creek near Marshall in July 2010.

Topics Energy Oil Gas Michigan

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  • November 5, 2014 at 5:27 pm
    Jess Sayen says:
    Very scary, with the Repubs in office, it makes it more likely for the Keystone XL to go in, which will go over the Ogalala Aquifer, which supplies much of the water for the u... read more
  • November 5, 2014 at 4:49 pm
    Clareinsguy says:
    Only $1513 per gallon

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