KINDER MORGAN WATCH

Agency honors coal shipper, hits it with fine

By Katy Stech
The Post and Courier
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/dec/31/agency_honors_coal_shipper_hi...

State environmental regulators recently honored Kinder Morgan for its efforts to improve air quality at its shipping terminal on the Cooper River. At the same time, however, they were getting ready to assess the Texas company a five-figure fine for fouling Charleston's air with coal dust.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20081211-9999-1m11fine.html

Water-cleaning operation faulted
By Mike Lee
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

December 11, 2008

MISSION VALLEY – Water-pollution regulators fined a major energy firm $222,000 yesterday for failing to adequately clean the water it deposits into a tributary of the San Diego River.

The agency cited more than 30 “serious” or “chronic” violations at the company's water-cleaning operation in Mission Valley during roughly the past three years.

As San Diego's water shortage worsens, one possible local source remains undrinkable. There's an aquifer under the Qualcomm Stadium parking lot. But it was contaminated by petroleum spills in the 1980s and 90s. The company responsible for the cleanup has repeatedly missed deadlines and is being sued by the city of San Diego.

(As much as 500,000 gallons of fuel leaked below this Mission Valley Terminal in the 1980s, contaminating the groundwater below.

Plantation fined for ’03 petroleum spill in county

http://www.madisonjournaltoday.com/archives/902-Plantation-fined-for-03-...

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Ben Munro
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Sunday, November 16. 2008

Plantation Pipe Line has been fined $725,000 for a 2003 petroleum spill in Madison County, along with spills in North Carolina and Virginia.

The company has also agreed to make $1.3 million in safety improvements.

Massive Cleanup Of '05 Diesel Spill Begins New Phase

http://plantcity2.tbo.com/content/2008/oct/08/pc-massive-cleanup-of-05-d...

GEORGE H. NEWMAN

Published: October 8, 2008

PLANT CITY - Cleanup of a 2005 diesel spill entered a new phase recently in a neighborhood at Wilkinson Drive and State Road 574.

(RTTNews) - Kinder Morgan Energy Partners fell sharply during the first hour of Monday's session, but recovered slightly going into the close. The stock finished down by $5.97 at $44.90 on strong volume.

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners sank beneath a one-week trading range Monday, to set a new low for the year.

Kinder Morgan Oil Terminal Fire Doused in Ohio

http://kinder-morgan-news.newslib.com/story/5238-3201344/

By Stephen Voss

Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Firefighters doused a fire of burning oil at a terminal operated by a unit of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP yesterday morning near Cincinnati, WLWT radio reported, citing fire department Captain Michael Washington.

The fire at the Riverside terminal was fueled by flammable cooling oil and there were no injuries. Workers shut down the oil supply line and building damage is estimated at $200,000, Washington said, according to WLWT.

Last month, Kinder Morgan had temporarily shut a terminal in Pasadena, Texas, because of a fire.

No injuries in Port Tampa fire

http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7530835&v...

TAMPA - A massive fire lit up the port of Tampa overnight. it happened at the Kinder-Morgan storage facility.

A massive conveyor belt carrying ammonium nitrate caught fire. That fire traveled up the belt and caught two buildings on fire as well.

Some six dozen firefighters were there to help put it out, including water boats.

No one was hurt. The cause is under investigation.

Oct 2008
Source: Oilweek Magazine

Opening the door

Pipelines are lining up again to satisfy Asia's growing thirst for Canadian crude oil

by Andrea W. Lorenz

http://www.oilweek.com/articles.asp?ID=606

For Canadian oilsands producers, the door to the Far East is still closed. If one of two pipeline giants succeeds in building a line to Canada´s West Coast, that door will swing wide, opening Canadians to a new world of customers.

Pipeline at Pasadena plant explodes

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6408372

By Eric James

PASADENA, TX (KTRK) -- Fire crews spent all night fighting a petroleum fire that neighbors watched from miles away.

The fire started in a manifold pit at the Kinder Morgan Terminal on North Witter Road about 11pm Tuesday.

Officials say the fire is now under control. They're now doing what they call a 'controlled burn.'

The manifold pit is where multiple lines run, which feed petroleum products to various companies across the nation.