An oil pipeline pours about 800,000 liters of oil in the United States

The Keystone pipeline today poured about 795,000 liters of oil (5,000 barrels) as it passed through South Dakota (United States) for causes that the company, TransCanada, is still investigating.

Washington, November 16 (EFE) .- The Keystone pipeline today poured about 795,000 liters of oil (5,000 barrels) as it passed through South Dakota (United States) for reasons that the company, TransCanada, still investigating.

The spill occurred in a rural area near the town of Amherst around 12.00 GMT and the company took about 15 minutes to close the pipeline, As reported in a statement.

Speaking to The New York Times, Kim McIntosh, a scientist at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of South Dakota, said no It seems that drinking water sources are threatened by the spill. McIntosh.

Keystone is a pipeline system of more than 4,700 kilometers operated by TransCanada that connects the oil region of Alberta in Canada with the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes in the United States.

TransCanada also has a pipeline system of 91,500 kilometers in North America.

The Canadian company is now working on a controversial project to build a new pipeline of almost 1,800 kilometers known as Keystone XL that will connect Alberta with Nebraska (United States) and will go through the oil wells of Montana.

Coincidentally, Nebraska is scheduled to announce on Monday whether to allow Keystone XL to pass through its state, where it is opposed by farmers' groups and landowners.