Kearl Oilsands

• Alberta Energy Regulator imposing penalty on Imperial Oil amid ongoing Kearl investigation

  On Thursday, the regulator said its investigation found that industrial wastewater bypassed a seepage interception system.

  Environment

  Aug 22
  
• Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation suing Alberta Energy Regulator for Kearl oil spill

  The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is suing the Alberta Energy Regulator for its alleged failure to regulate Imperial Oil's Kearl oilsands facility.

  Canada

  Mar 6
  
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• Black bear euthanized after den hit at Imperial Oil site

  A black bear has been euthanized after crews inadvertently damaged a bear den at Imperial Oil’s Kearl site in northern Alberta.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2023
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• Imperial’s Kearl oil sands tailings leak will face formal federal investigation

  Tailings, a toxic mining by-product containing water, silt, residual bitumen and metals, have been seeping from Imperial's northern Alberta site since last May.

  Environment

  May 4, 2023
• Alberta Energy Regulator to launch third party probe of Kearl oilsands tailings leak

  The regulator says in a news release today it is looking for a qualified, impartial third party to conduct the probe.

  Environment

  Mar 28, 2023
• Privacy commissioner investigating Alberta Energy Regulator over Kearl oilsands site leak

  Area First Nations and the Northwest Territories government have said they should have been kept in the loop on the spills from Imperial's Kearl mine tailings ponds.

  Environment

  Mar 22, 2023
• First Nations chiefs criticize Alberta premier’s Kearl oilsands tailings spill comments

  'This is an environmental catastrophe that the AER and Imperial Oil tried to cover up and now the premier and the (environment) minister are trying to minimize.'

  Politics

  Mar 8, 2023
• N.W.T. says lack of notice on Kearl oilsands tailings spill goes against deal with Alberta

  The Northwest Territories said it was never officially notified about the spill, despite the 2015 legally binding Mackenzie Basin Bilateral Water Management agreement with Alberta.

  Environment

  Mar 3, 2023
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• Alberta band chief angry over silence from Imperial Oil after Kearl oilsands tailings spill

  A northern Alberta band chief says he's angry over not being notified for nine months after two separate releases from an oilsands tailings pond.

  Environment

  Mar 2, 2023
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• Imperial Oil posts best first quarter profit in 30 years

  But the company's production at its massive Kearl oilsands mine significantly missed analyst expectations, as Imperial struggled with harsh winter conditions in northern Alberta.

  Canada

  Apr 29, 2022