{"id":11716,"date":"2024-08-27T02:31:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T02:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=11716"},"modified":"2024-08-27T02:31:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T02:31:44","slug":"in-canada-alberta-regulator-fines-exxonmobil-subsidiary-over-tailings-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/11716\/","title":{"rendered":"In Canada: Alberta regulator fines ExxonMobil subsidiary over tailings leak"},"content":{"rendered":"

RoydadNaft – <\/a><\/span>\u00a0The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) said on Thursday it has imposed an administrative penalty of C$50,000 (US$36,764.71) on Imperial Oil\u00a0\u00a0over a months-long toxic tailings leak at the oil and gas producer\u2019s Kearl oil sands mine.<\/p>\n

The AER has also asked the Canadian energy firm to submit two reports to raise awareness about the leaks \u2014 the first on seepage mitigation and monitoring and the other on the potential impacts of the release of industrial wastewater.<\/p>\n

The toxic tailings water had been\u00a0seeping for months\u00a0from the Kearl mine of Imperial \u2014 which is majority owned by ExxonMobil \u2014 from May 2022, but it only came to light after the company reported a separate leak in February last year.<\/p>\n

The seepage of tailings, a toxic mining by-product containing water, silt, residual bitumen and metals, had angered local indigenous communities, who hunt and fish on the lands downstream from Canada\u2019s oil sands mines.<\/p>\n

The AER also revealed the first findings of an investigation on the leakage on Thursday and said a shallow subsurface route from on-lease industrial wastewater sources bypassed existing deep groundwater seepage prevention system, which caused the tailings release.<\/p>\n

The regulator said no impacts to fish, amphibians or other wildlife have been reported so far and the investigation on the leakage would continue.<\/p>\n

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