JUSTICEBERG (July 6, 2010)--A four-inch pipeline from a West Texas oil well broke after heavy rains washed it out, spilling oil into the Brazos River, which flows into nearby Lake Alan Henry, a recreational lake about 45 miles south of Lubbock.
Lubbock city spokesman Jeff McKito said no oil has reached the lake, which is about 15 miles from the spill.
He said the well has been shut off.
The pipeline’s owner, Plains All American Pipeline LP, notified the city of the spill on Monday afternoon.
McKito told The Associated Press there are oil containment booms placed on the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River upstream from the lake.
Plains spokesman Roy Lamoreaux told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that the company was trying to determine how much crude spilled.
