Where is the headquarters of the company responsible for the Red Butte oil spill?
Red Butte Creek oil spill The Red Butte Creek oil spill was caused by a rupture in a medium crude oil pipeline that occurred on June 11 and 12 2010. The Chevron Pipeline (CPL) is 10 inches in diameter and runs from western Colorado to a Chevron Corporation oil refinery near Salt Lake City Utah. A half inch diameter hole in the pipeline was caused by an electrical arc from high voltage power lines to a metal fence post buried a few inches above the pipeline.
Shale Technologies (company) Shale Technologies, LLC is an American privately held oil shale company with headquarters in Rifle, Colorado. It is an owner of the proprietary information relating to the Paraho oil shale retorting technologies (Paraho Direct and Paraho Indirect). The Paraho Direct is an American version of a vertical shaft retort similar to the Kiviter and Fushun retorts. This technology is used in the company's pilot plant facility in Rifle.