Oil spill in northeast Alberta
Posted Jun 19, 2012 11:41 pm.
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The Energy Resources Conservation Board is investigating a pipeline leak at an Enbridge pumping station near Elk Point.
It happened Monday at a pumping station on Enbridge Inc.’s Athabasca pipeline about 24 kilometres southeast of Elk Point.
Enbridge estimates about 230,000 litres leaked, but the ERCB’s Darin Barter says that amount hasn’t been confirmed.
Barter says the pipeline has been shut down and the pumping station has been isolated.
He also says the oil has not spilled into any waterways, nor were there any evacuations or injuries due to the leak.
Enbridge said in a news release that the cause of the leak appears to be a failure of a flange gasket. It said as soon as it detected the leak, it notified civic authorities and other regulatory agencies.
But Steve Upham, reeve of the County of St. Paul, where the pumping station is located, said as of Tuesday night he hadn’t received any notification.
Upham said he was aware of the spill only through media reports.
