EPA: Crews closing in on source of Ill. oil leak
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A worker takes a break during cleanup from a oil spill caused by a leak in an Enbridge Energy Partners' underground pipe in Romeoville, Il., Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. The leak from an oil pipeline near Chicago appeared to be slowing Saturday, and officials were hopeful they would be able to excavate the site soon to determine the cause and exact location of the break, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official said. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
A federal official said Sunday that crews believe they're closing in on the source of a leak that has forced the closure of a Chicago-area oil pipeline, which analysts say has caused a sharp spike in gas prices across the region.
Sam Borries, on-scene coordinator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said workers are "actively excavating" to find the leak so the bad section of pipe can be replaced and the line reopened.
The closure of the pipeline owned by Enbridge Energy Partners has disrupted the supply of crude oil to Midwestern refineries, and already translated into higher prices at the gas pump for consumers, said Tom Kloza, publisher and chief oil analyst at Oil Price Information Service.
A federal official said Sunday that crews believe they're closing in on the source of a leak that has forced the closure of a Chicago-area oil pipeline, which analysts say has caused a sharp spike in gas prices across the region.
Sam Borries, on-scene coordinator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said workers are "actively excavating" to find the leak so the bad section of pipe can be replaced and the line reopened.
The closure of the pipeline owned by Enbridge Energy Partners has disrupted the supply of crude oil to Midwestern refineries, and already translated into higher prices at the gas pump for consumers, said Tom Kloza, publisher and chief oil analyst at Oil Price Information Service.
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