DND is concerned about the possibility of a catastrophic oil spill from the Energy East pipeline and doubts TransCanada Corp is equipped to clean up any mess, Radio-Canada reported on Tuesday.
"We are committed to delivering this oil safely responsibly and reliably and our goal is to have zero incidents," said John Van der Put, VP of eastern oil pipeline projects for TransCanada
Husky Energy submitted an altered incident report that states they detected a pipeline spill last Thursday morning, 14 hours later than they initially claimed.
Prince Albert gets most of its water from the North Saskatchewan River. Officials are getting ready to shut down the intakes when oil from the leak flows past the city.
Enbridge Inc. has reached a US$177−million settlement with the U.S. government, including US$62 million in civil penalties, for two major pipeline spills in 2010.
The National Energy Board moved to calm the waters of Canada's pipeline debate as it laid the framework for its review of a major cross-country project called Energy East.
The project would transport more than a million barrels of western Canadian oil a day to refineries in Eastern Canada and a marine terminal in Saint John.