The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #2

Posted on: Sunday, June 10, 2012
Posted at: 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:

• The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #1

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…

2012-06-10  »  somecanuckchick