Oil Spills
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Keystone pipeline leaks more than 1.4M litres of oil in North DakotaNorth Dakota regulators say the Keystone pipeline leaked more than 9,000 barrels of oil in the northeastern part of the state.CanadaOct 31, 2019
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Cover-ups, lies ‘a systemic cancer’ in world of oilpatch health and safety breaches: whistleblowersThe words may not have been explicit, but oilpatch contractor Matthew Linnitt says he read between the lines: lie on official documents about an incident that could have killed him, or someone would be fired.InvestigationsAug 20, 2019
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Study finds Canadians concerned about shipping petroleum by waterHowever, in Alberta and Atlantic Canada, more than 60 per cent of survey respondents would support an increase in oil tanker traffic around B.C.'s South Coast.CanadaDec 9, 2018
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B.C. Liberals warn blocking Trans Mountain twinning could increase oil by railThe official Opposition is warning that one of the unintended consequences of stopping the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion would be an increase in the shipment of bitumen by rail.PoliticsApr 10, 2018
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Fungus could clean up oil spills, oilsands tailings: researchersResearchers at the University of Saskatchewan have discovered a fungus which could clean up oil spills and restore oilsands tailings.ScienceOct 24, 2017
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Journey Energy estimates pipeline near Winfield, Alta. leaked 8,000 litres of oilMore than five weeks after a Journey Energy pipeline leaked near Winfield, Alta., the company is continuing to monitor the impact on wildlife while the Alberta Energy Regulator says cleanup efforts are ongoing.EnvironmentAug 5, 2017
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Researcher says Alberta underestimating the impact of oil spillsA researcher is questioning how well Alberta's oil spills are tracked and how well they're cleaned up.EnvironmentFeb 2, 2017
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Apache pleads guilty to pipeline violations after multiple spillsApache Canada Ltd. has pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to properly operate its pipelines after multiples spills on its network.CrimeOct 4, 2016
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Bay of Fundy oil spill could threaten east coast bird populations: naturalistEnvironmental groups are among those expressing concerns ahead of the National Energy Board hearings into the proposed Energy East pipeline project.EnvironmentAug 5, 2016
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Alberta Energy Regulator urges companies to step up detection of pipeline leaksThe Alberta Energy Regulator is urging pipeline operators to do a better job of developing and maintaining programs to discover leaks after it examined nearly two dozen spills over the last three years.CanadaJul 14, 2016
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