The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday, March 22, edition that crude oil that leaked into a
creek in Alberta from an
Enbridge storage facility
has been contained.
A Reuters dispatch to The Globe reports that there is no estimate yet of its
volume, the National Energy
Board regulator said on Tuesday.
The regulator said no injuries,
fire or evacuations resulted
from Monday's leak at the terminal
in Strathcona County,
near the provincial capital
Edmonton.
The oil flowed into a storm
pond on an adjacent industrial
site and then into a creek.
There was no immediate word
on the cause of the spill.
Enbridge on Tuesday said it had recovered
almost all of the oil that had
leaked from a tank at its
Edmonton terminal.
Enbridge said almost all
of the synthetic crude had been
contained on industrial facilities
in Strathcona, adding a
light sheen that had been carried
beyond these facilities had
also been contained and was
being recovered.
Enbridge said it is working
with regulators to investigate
the cause of the incident and
said an estimated release volume
is not yet available.
The Edmonton terminal is
one of two delivery points for
its Athabasca Regional Oil Sands
gathering system.
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