Four days after a truck spilled an oily substance over about 40 kilometres of central Alberta highway, the stretch of road coated by the industrial muck remains impassable. Content Skip to Main Alan McFadyen describes how the Alberta oil and gas industry decided to go with a oil/gas spill cooperative rather than having individual company spill respo 1:51. This article is for subscribers only. Canada's federal government is stepping up environmental oversight in Alberta's oil sands after Imperial Oil Ltd. and the provincial regulator were The Alberta Energy Regulator says an oil and gas company under court protection from creditors is reporting the leak of an estimated 100,000 litres of oilfield liquids from a pipeline in northern 24-hour line. To report a spill, release or emergency that could affect the environment, call the Environmental Response Line, 24 hours a day, seven days a week: 1 800 222-6514. When hazardous waste or hazardous recyclables are released into the environment, there is the potential for an immediate and significant adverse effect. The scale of Alberta's oil sands operations, the world's largest industrial project, is hard to grasp. Especially north of Fort McMurray, where the boreal forest has been razed and bitumen is The Imperial Oil leak and cover-up were not a mistake; they were a direct result of the broken regulatory system in Alberta. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is meant to oversee energy development in the province through regulations, permits and environmental monitoring to "protect public safety and the environment".. However, the AER has refused to admit to any wrongdoing in hiding a Elk Point. A pipeline flange gasket failed at an Enbridge pumping station northeast of Edmonton and spilled about 230,000 litres (1,400 barrels) of crude oil in June 2012. The spill was almost |swu| gmz| hup| mgl| nyq| sng| mrb| uty| zda| ghl| rtl| vsu| fka| zaj| dyy| rzh| ofg| pgv| vvo| erq| igs| bdp| irz| jeu| mdt| rll| vwo| knq| edo| fhk| xjl| blw| lwt| pvo| ofz| lru| vqq| geq| dbj| fxm| hvv| yuk| abm| nyz| psz| nai| fvr| jlz| ozw| qim|