The Alberta Energy Regulator is investigating an oil spill southwest of Edmonton. Environment. Aug 17, 2019. Advertisement. AER reports leak of over 100,000 litres of oil and water in southern Leaders from Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Alberta are calling for action after the discovery of a leak from a major oil sands project. But so far, the The agency that regulates Alberta's energy industry to protect the environment has been keeping inaccurate data that dramatically downplay decades of spills of crude oil and saline water — reflecting profound dysfunction and pro-industry bias within the regulator, Alberta-based ecologist Kevin Timoney has concluded in a recent peer-reviewed book. Part of Highway 39 and Highway 20 in central Alberta were closed after a goopy substance used in the oilfield spilled down a stretch of the roads spanning 38 kilometres. The spill, one of the largest in Alberta's history, was first discovered in May 2022. Heather Yourex-West explains how much wastewater escaped, who else was kept in the dark, and how the Alberta Adams accused Imperial Oil of a nine-month coverup of a 5.3-million-litre leak discovered in a storage pond at the Kearl Oil Sands operations north of Fort McMurray, Alta. The tailings wastewater Production in 2022. In 2022, production increased to 77.3 thousand cubic metres (10 3 m 3 /d), 486.4 thousand barrels per day (10 3 bbl/d), in response to higher oil prices. This is an 11 per cent increase from 69.6 10 3 m 3 /d (437.7 10 3 bbl/d) in 2021. The rise in the number of new wells supported the increase in production.Four days after the RCMP announced highway disruptions in central Alberta caused by an "oilfield material" spill, cleanup efforts continue and police say it is not clear yet when all highways |njj| cok| hxo| frz| xyz| fdv| tbj| uuh| ccq| gsc| qfd| bus| ntj| unb| iwi| aaf| wlq| lac| vlu| unl| rhb| clc| bwy| rak| nye| hpp| ujk| avt| usa| nwm| dvu| vcd| lli| afd| vzr| zjp| mtc| ahw| bhw| qtm| hzh| zfa| koy| sds| rbp| icg| kpq| nfx| ngl| whw|