The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #2
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
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12:20 AM
This is Update #2 of the Red Deer River Oil Spill…
- Plains Midstream Canada has shut down 10 kilometres of the Rangeland Pipeline System. [ Article ]
- Plains Midstream Canada says, “The release is contained within the two booms on the Gleniffer Reservoir.” [ PDF ]
- Plains Midstream Canada is now blogging its cleanup efforts surrounding the Rangeland Pipeline System failure near Sundre, Alberta. [ Web Updates ]
- Alison Redford says the Rangeland Pipeline incident will be investigated and the ministers of energy and environment will review the findings. [ Article ]
- The oil has pooled away from the Red Deer River near Sundre, Alberta and a film of black ooze has coated grass along shoreline. [ Article ]
FYI:
- The Rangeland Pipeline System is made up of approximately 1285 kilometres of gathering and trunk pipelines. [ Link ]
- The majority of the Rangeland Pipeline System is approximately 50 years old. [ Link ]
- According to Google Maps, Jackson Creek is approximately 50 km from the Gleniffer Reservoir — where the booms have been set up to contain the oil spill. That means, the oil spill has travelled 50 km along the Red Deer River. [ Map ]
Other Red Deer River Oil Spill Updates:
Required Reading:
- Rainbow Pipeline Leak — A Timeline
- Rainbow Pipeline Leak — A Timeline (Continued)
- Rainbow Pipeline Leak — Three Months Later…
- Rainbow Pipeline Leak — Six Months Later…
- Rainbow Pipeline Leak — Eight Months Later…
- Rainbow Pipeline Leak — 1 Year Later…
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