OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Logan County landowners say crews working on a new pipeline have once again contaminated their property—this time with crude oil—just months after crews spilled hydraulic fluid in the exact same spot.Brothers William and Lane Garrett say the repeated damage from Phillips 66 pipeline construction in their hayfield along the Cimarron River is unacceptable, and they’re frustrated by what they call a lack of accountability from Phillips 66.
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“Just frustrating is an understatement,” William Garrett said. “Twice. Twice in the same place.”The brothers first spoke with News 4 in March after Phillips 66 contractors spilled hydraulic fluid while working on an oil pipeline.
At the time, Phillips 66 claimed to News 4 the company would stay in “constant communication:” with the Garretts.
The Garretts say, that was a lie.“The last thing that we heard from Phillips 66 was the remark at the end of your news, and that was it,” William Garrett said. “Since then, they haven’t returned a phone call.”The next phone call they finally got from Phillips 66 came Wednesday evening, when their crews hit the pipe…