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The Red Deer River Oil Spill — Update #4

Posted on: Monday, June 11, 2012
Posted at: 2:20 AM

This is Update #4 of the Red Deer River Oil Spill…

Gord and Bonnie Johnston have abandoned their 23-hectare rural property after it was soaked with oil last week, following the Rangeland Pipeline System failure. [ Article ]
Bruce Beattie, the Reeve of Mountain View County, one of the affected communities, says, “There have been briefings but we need straight answers from everybody in one room.” [ Article ]
Plains Midstream Canada continues to blog its cleanup efforts surrounding the Rangeland Pipeline System failure near Sundre, Alberta. [ Web Updates ]
Plains Midstream Canada says that the Rangeland Pipeline was not flowing at the time of the release and the volume of the oil spill is relatively small. [ Article ]
Plains Midstream Canada says it will ensure that the impact to water and land is completely cleaned up. And that they will address any impacts this might have with landowners. [ Article ]
Until further notice, the marina at Gleniffer Lake Resort has been closed, as have a number of campsites in the area. [ 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:

2012-06-11 » somecanuckchick