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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Line 5 oil pipeline in Straits of Mackinac dented by ship

Keith Matheny, Detroit Free PressPublished 2:43 p.m. ET April 11, 2018 | Updated 6:14 p.m. ET April 11, 2018


The same "vessel activity" that appears to have damaged submerged electric cables in the Straits of Mackinac last week, causing a leak of 550 gallons of benzene-containing coolant, may have also caused three dents just discovered in the Line 5 oil and natural gas liquids pipeline, also underwater where lakes Michigan and Huron connect.
Canadian oil transport giant Enbridge, which owns and operates Line 5, informed state officials late Tuesday of the dents, characterized as "very small" and posing "no threat to the pipeline," Gov. Rick Snyder's office said in a statement Wednesday.


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