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  • The MIDU has a 20,000-gallon diesel fuel capacity, and while there is no current estimate on how much fuel was on board at the time of the incident, on-scene Coast Guard pollution investigators have determined that the rig is not leaking fuel at this time.

    Louisiana Drilling Rig Overturns: Accident At Mobile Inland Drilling Unit 2010

  • The plant was equipped with twelve 20,000-gallon fermentors for culturing bacteria and with production lines for filling bombs.

    Inaccrochable 2009

  • Massive craters hugging the local convenience store this fall were planted with 20,000-gallon plastic bulbs, then filled in, paved over.

    The Great Ethanol Corndoggle 2008

  • It involved replacing the burner on the boiler, removing two 20,000-gallon oil tanks, and installing equipment to draw gas from the available Consolidated Edison pipeline.

    NYT > Home Page By VIVIAN S. TOY 2011

  • To understand how crucial such regulations are in the Rocky Mountain region, just look at Chevron's 20,000-gallon petroleum spill in Utah a few weeks ago, peruse the Denver

    t r u t h o u t 2010

  • Chevron's 20,000-gallon petroleum spill in Utah a few weeks ago, peruse the Denver Post's recent report documenting 1,000 drilling-related spills in Colorado over the last two years, or watch the HBO documentary "Gasland" showing citizens in drilling country lighting their chemically contaminated tap water on fire.

    Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines 2010

  • Peronard said the EPA was particularly concerned about a 20,000-gallon tank filled with what appears to be explosive slurry.

    deseretnews.com - Top Stories 2009

  • Chief Steele - no relation to Chairman Steele - said the biggest advantage to the new fire hall will be a 20,000-gallon water cistern that will be buried behind the new building.

    unknown title 2009

  • Schubert thinks the work cut off the natural water flow to his 20,000-gallon pond and destroyed his wetlands garden.

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  • The 20,000-gallon estimate is the amount of leaked sewage from that weekend.

    KTVU.com - Local News 2009

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