An energy company has been fined $125,000 for a pipeline failure southwest of Edmonton nearly three years ago.
Calgary-based Journey Energy Inc. was originally facing five charges under the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act.
It pleaded guilty in provincial court to one of the offences.
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The Alberta Energy Regulator laid the charges after 9,000 litres of a mixture of crude oil and produced water was released from two break points on a pipeline near Winfield in June 2017.
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Winfield is approximately 130 kilometres from Edmonton.
Several dead animals, including fish, squirrels and amphibians, were discovered following the leak.
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