The National Energy Board (NEB) is responding to an Enbridge º£½Ç³Ô¹ÏÍø Ltd. incident that occurred on Friday 17 February in an industrial area of Strathcona County, Alberta. The incident resulted in a contained release of oil condensate into an open excavation pit.
The pipeline was shut in and containment and clean-up operations are ongoing. Enbridge has reported that approximately 200 m3 of oil condensate was released.
There were no injuries, no fire, no evacuations and no risk to public safety. As a precaution, the company has shut in five nearby pipelines.
NEB staff are on site and will verify that Enbridge conducts an adequate and appropriate clean-up and remediation of any environmental effects caused by the accident.
All federal and provincial agencies have been notified.