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Eastern Alberta Oil Spills Continue; Cause Is Still Unknown

2013-07-24 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Huffington Post: Four recent oil spills at a major oil sands extraction site in Canada's Alberta province are still leaking oil into the ground, and officials aren't sure what caused them. Bob Curran, a spokesman for the Alberta Energy Regulator, which is charged with regulating the oil industry in Alberta, told The Huffington that exact details surrounding the May and June spills that occurred at the Primrose extraction site operated by Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. are still unknown. Further complicating...

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Crude on the tracks: Oil spills from trains skyrocket

2013-07-20 22:26:38| Railroads - Topix.net

As more oil is being shipped by train across North America, more oil is being spilled from trains.

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Canada: Nobody Understands Oil Spills at Alberta Tar Sands Operation

2013-07-20 20:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Toronto Star: Oil spills at a major oil sands operation in Alberta have been ongoing for at least six weeks and have cast doubts on the safety of underground extraction methods, according to documents obtained by the Star and a government scientist who has been on site. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has been unable to stop an underground oil blowout that has killed numerous animals and contaminated a lake, forest, and muskeg at its operations in Cold Lake, Alta. The documents indicate that, since cleanup...

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Crude on the tracks: Oil spills from trains skyrocket

2013-07-19 19:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: As more oil is being shipped by train across North America, more oil is being spilled from trains. EnergyWire reports: The number of spills and other accidents from railroad cars carrying crude oil has skyrocketed in recent years, up from one or two a year early in the previous decade to 88 last year. Most of the spills are relatively small - nothing like the deadly disaster in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, earlier this month - but with oil shipments on the rise, there`s cause to be concerned. Oil...

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Exxon's Pegasus oil pipe spills crude into Missouri yard

2013-05-02 12:07:19| Energy - Topix.net

Exxon Mobil Corp's near 70-year-old Pegasus oil pipeline spilled a small amount of crude on Tuesday into a residential yard in Ripley County, Missouri, a month after the same pipe spewed thousands of barrels of crude in Arkansas.

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