https://globalnews.ca/news/4321142/alberta-energy-regulator-reports-oil-leak/
[The never-ending story. Sigh.]
July 9, 2018 3:27 pm
Alberta Energy Regulator reports leak of 250,000 litres of oil and water
By Dan Healing The Canadian Press
More than 100,000 litres of oil and water have leaked into a marsh east
of Jenner in southern Alberta, according to the new owner of oil and gas
wells that belonged until recently to environment-focused Imaginea
Energy Corp.
The liquids leaked from a line owned by Calgary-based Cor4 Oil Corp. and
flowed down a hill into a marsh, the Alberta Energy Regulator says on
its website.
The spill of oil mixed with produced water was detected on Saturday
afternoon, resulting in activation of Cor4’s response plan and immediate
AER notification, the company said in a statement on Monday. It’s
unclear when the leak began.
“Impact on wildlife is currently being assessed by specialists on site,
but appears to have been minimal. Crews have physically contained the
spilled fluids from causing further contamination, and have already
recovered a significant volume of the released fluid from the surface.”
The spill is affecting farmland that is not currently being used for
pasture and the owner has visited the site, it said.
The leak appears to have come from a connection where a feeder pipeline
enters an oil-processing battery, said Cor4 CEO Colin Davies.
The volume of the spill is estimated by the company to be between
100,000 and 200,000 litres, down from its initial estimate of 250,000
litres.
In November, Imaginea Energy CEO Suzanne West said she had parted ways
with her financial backer, Lime Rock Partners of Houston, and her
Calgary company’s oil and gas assets had been taken over by Cor4, a
newly created private entity.
She said at the time she welcomed the change because her company would
be free to focus on creating a new industry of “clean hydrocarbons” with
zero emissions, pollution or use of fresh water.
However, she died in March after being diagnosed with brain cancer.
Her company is now called Imaginea Ai and is focused on developing
artificial intelligence and clean technologies.
