Pipeline spills oil waste over more than 100 acres of Alberta

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Pipeline spills oil waste over more than 100 acres of Alberta
By John Upton
14 Jun 2013 1:03 PM

A major spill of toxic oil waste has wiped out trees and vegetation across a 104-acre swath of Alberta, Canada. The apparent cause of the spill: The rupture of a five-year-old pipeline that was designed to last at least 30 years.

The pipeline spilled 2.5 million gallons of a waste mixture of oil and water, which the company responsible, Houston-based Apache Corp., downplayed as “salty water” with “trace amounts of oil.”

Whatever you call it, it’s nasty stuff. “Every plant and tree died” in the area touched by the spill, says the chief of the nearby Dene Tha First Nation, while The Globe and Mail reports that “aerial photos show a broad strip of trees that have turned brown.”

It’s unclear when the pipeline started spilling. Judging by the damaged trees in the area, the Dene Tha say the leak might have been sprung in the winter. But the spill was only revealed publicly this week by the province’s energy regulators following media reports.

[xchrom]

1. Petro technology in action. Ain't it great? Nt

[Buzz Clik]

2. Just a trace of petroleum.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Yay! Now lets build us some 1,400 miles or so of that kinda pipeline right here in USA....

For the jobs and shit, energy independence drill baby drill all you grizzly mamas!

(sarcsasm)