Oil spill update: Plains Midstream
Posted Jun 19, 2012 9:36 pm.
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The company responsible for an oil spill near Sundre says its focused on completing the clean up as quickly as possible.
In a media release Plains Midstream Canada notes that 278 response personnel were on site Monday collecting the oil using, skimmers, booms, and absorbent material.
To speed up the process the company says a third boom is now being used on the Glennifer Reservoir.
Air and water are being monitored along the Red Deer River.
Also a team of 18 wildlife monitors patrol daily to inspect wildlife fencing and deter animals from the area.
Earlier this month around three thousand barrels of oil leaked from a Plains Midstream Pipeline into the Red Deer River and Glennifer Lake.
