Jet fuel spill shuts down Northwest's main oil pipeline Spill-response crews planned to start digging up a blueberry farm near Everett on Tuesday to find the cause of a jet-fuel spill that shut down the Pacific Northwest’s primary oil pipeline. John Ryan
More Canada crude is coming, but trade war could hamper flow Western Washington refineries brought in more oil by tanker from Canada after an expanded export terminal opened in May near Vancouver. Tom Banse/Salish Current
Puget Sound tanker traffic thickens as Canadian pipeline boosts oil flow A 750-foot-long oil tanker and its high-powered escort tug started motoring west from a pipeline terminal near Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday afternoon. John Ryan
Fisherman ordered to pay $646,259 for oil spill off San Juan Island Washington state officials are ordering a salmon fisherman to pay $646,259 in damages and penalties for spilling diesel fuel into Haro Strait as his commercial fishing boat sank off San Juan Island. John Ryan
BNSF Railway ordered to pay $395 million after years of trespassing on Swinomish land A federal judge has ordered BNSF Railway to pay the Swinomish Tribe $395 million for illegally running mile-long oil trains through the tribe’s reservation for nearly a decade. John Ryan
Train carrying hazardous sulfur derails in Whatcom County A BNSF Railway freight train derailed in Whatcom County late Tuesday night, with six cars going off the rails near the town of Custer, Washington. John Ryan
Washington’s border waters are on the cusp of a major rise in oil tanker traffic ‘Money Talks is one of the takeaways you could have from this. In the case of Canada now, when push comes to shove, a major province in the country depends on this industry as critical to their future growth.’ -Tom Banse Tom Banse
The U.S. renews oil sanctions on Venezuela citing a failure to allow fair elections The Biden administration will reinstate sanctions on Venezuela's oil and gas sector, accusing the government President Nicolás Maduro of failing to commit to "an inclusive and competitive election." Tara Neill
Rescue at sea: A Mercer Island man's harrowing account of courage and luck in the South Atlantic Balthasar Wyss of Mercer Island was rescued in March in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean after the sailboat he'd been on sank. This is his account of what happened. Angela King
