Crude oil began flowing through the Keystone pipeline from Nebraska through Kansas to Oklahoma again last week.
For now, the U.S. Department of Transportation requires the pipeline segment to operate at a lower pressure than when it burst. The pressure must stay 20 percent lower than when the Keystone’s biggest-ever spill happened on Dec. 7 in Washington County.
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