Uncontrolled CNRL Tar Sands Spill Ongoing, 1.4M Litres Recovered | |
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trry1957 User ID: 33726460 Canada 09/08/2013 06:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to www.desmog.ca] Quoting: Uncle Fuck Stick New figures released yesterday from the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) show a concerted effort is still underway to clean up the growing amount of bitumen emulsion – a mixture of tar sands oil and water – that is pooling in a forested area surrounding Canada Natural Resource Ltd.’s Cold Lake project. The cause of the seepage, which shows no sign of subsiding, has yet to be determined. AER’s updated volumes show that the total amount of bitumen emulsion recovered on four separate spill sites amounts to 1444.4 cubic metres, a volume equivalent to 1.4 million litres of oil. In addition, cleanup crews have removed 494 cubic metres of oily vegetation from the forested landscape and an additional 1049.62 metric tonnes – equivalent to 2.3 million pounds – of “impacted soils.” The AER’s previous figures, released August 29th, stated 1275.7 cubic metres of bitumen emulsion had been recovered to date, the equivalent of 1.2 million litres. Between the dates of August 29th and September 6th roughly 168,800 litres of bitumen emulsion were recovered, equaling around 1062 barrels of oil equivalent, or an average of 150 barrels per day. CNRL, the company responsible for the in-situ operations that led to the seepage, put out a release dated August 25-31 that claims the rate of bitumen emulsion release amounts to less than 20 barrels of bitumen emulsion per day. The disparity between CNRL’s figures – a release of 20 b More at link Yes it is a mess Thread: Massive oilsands leak still on going |