GR: Hmm, Energy Transfer Partners–why is that name familiar?
“The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) halted new drilling Wednesday on the Rover Pipeline until it addresses its 2 million gallon spill of drilling fluids into Ohio wetlands.
“The decision was made just days after the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) slapped parent company Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) with a $431,000 fine over numerous water and air pollution violations along the route of the $4.2 billion project. ETP is the same company behind the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, which also happened to leak 84 gallons of oil in South Dakota early last month.
“Terry Turpin, director of FERC’s Office of Energy Projects, said in a Wednesday letter to the developer that FERC staff has “serious concerns” about the sizable spill, its environmental impacts and the “lack of clarity regarding the underlying reasons for its occurrence, and the possibility of future problems.”
“The two spills of betonite mud were discovered April 13 and 14 in Stark and Richland County wetlands and was caused by pressure during drilling that allowed mud to rise to the surface, the Ohio EPA said.” –Lorraine Chow (Continue reading: Feds Halt New Drilling on Rover Pipeline After Massive Spills Destroy Ohio Wetlands.)
GarryRogers Nature Conservation 
Oil spills, large and small, are inevitable. Very dangerous. Can’t really be cleaned up. And I often wonder about the extent of leakage in Oklahoma where the earthquakes must be shaking the daylights out of fracking machinery.
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Good question. Al Jazeera reported that one pipeline company (Plains All American Pipeline) had been averaging 2-3 spills per year in Oklahoma for the past 10 years. Some of the spills were quite large.
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That’s terrible, and I hear spills are under-reported.
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