The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #11

Posted on: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Posted at: 7:03 PM

This is Update #11 of the Red Deer River Oil Spill…

• Apparently, the Rangeland Pipeline System failure — initially believed to have originated from Jackson Creek — has now been determined to have actually come from under the Red Deer River.   [ Article ]
• Gerard Aldridge, of the Red Deer River Watershed Alliance says, “It is too early to say what the longer-term impact might be on drinking water and aquatic ecosystems.”   [ Article ]
• Premier Alison Redford says she is not opposed to a comprehensive review of the 400,000 kilometres of pipeline that criss-cross the Province of Alberta.   [ Article ]
• Plains Midstream Canada will be holding a public forum on Thursday, June 21st at 6PM at the James River Community Hall north of Sundre, Alberta.   [ Article ]
• Plains Midstream Canada continues to blog its cleanup efforts surrounding the Rangeland Pipeline System failure near Sundre, Alberta.   [ Web Updates ]

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:

• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #1
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #2
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #3
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #4
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #5
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #6
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #7
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #8
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #9
• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #10

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…

2012-06-21  »  somecanuckchick