Nexen Energy charged in historic oil spill
Posted Jul 6, 2017 5:56 pm.
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One of the largest pipeline spills in provincial history has resulted in charges against Nexen Energy.
The Alberta Energy Regulator has laid a total of five charges against the Calgary company for the 2015 Long Lake spill at their oilsands facility southeast of Fort McMurray.
About five million litres of emulsion, a mixture of bitumen, sand, and water, spilled into Muskeg during the leak.
The charges relate to releasing a substance that may have caused an adverse effect and disturbance to public lands, failing to report the release as soon as possible and failing to take all reasonable measures to remediate and manage the spill.
Nexen conducted its own investigation into the pipeline rupture, concluding that the design was incompatible with the ground conditions and buckled as the temperature fluctuated.
