Jet fuel spill shuts down Northwest's main oil pipeline John Ryan November 18, 2025 / 12:07 pm

Spill-response crews planned to start digging up a blueberry farm near Everett on Tuesday to find the cause of a jet-fuel spill that shut down the Pacific Northwest’s primary oil pipeline.

The farm sits on the route of the Olympic Pipeline, a mostly underground, 400-mile system of pipes owned by BP. It carries gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from four refineries on the shores of Puget Sound to Seattle, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Renton, Tacoma, Vancouver, and Portland.

A sheen of jet fuel was reported in a drainage ditch on the farm on Nov. 11, according to BP spokesperson Cesar Rodriguez.

Where the jet fuel spilled, the Olympic Pipeline is actually two parallel pipes, one 16

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