CIPL Drift River Crude Oil Spill, Cook Inlet, Alaska; Tyonek, AK 99682, USA

Tyonek, AK 99682, USA | 2016-Aug-16

Initial Notification: On July 2, 2016, the Cook Inlet Pipe Line Company (CIPL) reported that 14 gallons of crude oil was released inside a valve box and one gallon to the ground at the Drift River Terminal Facility (DRT facility), on the west side of Cook Inlet, Alaska. On July 29, CIPL also reported a crude oil stain at the surface of one of the buried 20-inch fill line blind flanges in the pipe corridor between Tanks 1 and 4. The quantity of this spill is unknown.