San Francisco, May 18 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of California, a company whose pipeline burst near Santa Barbara last year, spilling up to 143,000 gallons of crude oil, has been indicted on dozens of criminal counts, including four felony charges.
Plains All American Pipeline could face up to $2.8 million in fines, a tiny fraction of the $43 billion in revenue it reported the year before the leak. According to reports from San Francisco, not far from the oil spill, an employee of the company also faces three misdemeanor charges.
